Though Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark is still scheduled to premiere on Broadway on March 15th (as of 2:30pm EST), it doesn’t look like anyone should put money down on their rental tux. The New York Times says producers are telling investors that embattled director Julie Taymor may be leaving Spider-Man, once they hash out the legal details (and considering she’s the play’s creator, there are few). Though the musical has been maligned by critics and safety inspectors alike for months, The Daily says the final straw was when the musical’s songwriter Bono lost his “trust” in Taymor’s vision after she wouldn’t let him make it “more of a Broadway musical.” We’ll let you decide whether Bono knows Broadway way better than Taymor.
Dark‘s PR man maintained to the NYT that the premiere would be next week, and told Reuters “The production is not confirming any reports of a shutdown.” With only a handful of days to go, one would assume the issue would be resolved, like, yesterday. But remember, this is a show nine years in the making with 99 preview performances to its name—it’s not like they’ve fixed problems quickly before.
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