Well, looks like we have yet another bad thing happen to Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. The critically panned musical that doesn't seem to get anything right will be shut down for three weeks, starting after this weekend's runs. From upi.com:
"I'm greatly saddened that the world won't get to see Julie's vision after the end of this week," actor Gideon Glick, who will leave the production after Sunday, told The New York Times. "She aspired to show the world that comic books were part of a larger mythos that's been around since even before the Greeks. She elevated the story of 'Spider-Man' to a cosmic level."
Although the show has not officially opened, many theater critics have already given it negative reviews. The musical's producers have fired back, emphasizing the show is a work in progress and should not be critiqued until it is completed.
Taymor's spokesman issued a statement to the Times on the director's behalf, It said: "Julie feels that the early reviews that published before the show was ready to open sadly do not reflect the show that is closing this weekend. Most critics, in fact, will have never seen this latest version before they see one that greatly changes major threads of the story, choreography and songs."
That's really a shame that this musical hasn't succeeded in anything quite yet. It sounds like an aspiring idea, but it appears to be failing in almost everything.
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