Script Changes & Other Work Continues on SPIDER-MAN

After what's reported as two sold out shows yesterday, the cast of SPIDER-MAN will be back at work in rehearsal this afternoon, on tech work on the still being tweaked 'Deeply Furious', flying work, understudy rehearsals and more. 

The cast is also working on new scene work as well, with unspecified changes coming to the script of the show, which despite the reviews earlier this week remains fully committed to going forward and to doing more work on the show until their official opening on March 15th. 

There's no word however if any substantial changes are planned for any of the issues that were raised across the board by multiple critics.

After many major newspapers published their reviews for SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark on Tuesday, other major news outlets are picking up on the buzz: the $65 million (and counting) spectacle was essentially lambasted across the board.

Yesterday, with a headline that screamed "THE NATIONAL JOKE", NBC's The Today Show spoke with critic Ben Brantley and producer Michael Cohl, and had a look at the reviews, saying "[The reviewers note that] the show is 'hanging on by a thread'...'laughable'...and these are the good ones."

New York Times critic Ben Brantley, whose review was perhaps the harshest, told The Today Show: "It just unravels before your eyes, and you wonder, where did all that money go?"

The story also touched upon the injuries suffered by some of the actors in the production - four in total - however, producer Michael Cohl also spoke out, saying that "They're all recovering. We're in previews...it's way better than it was two months ago."

Still, despite the reviews, SPIDER-MAN is doing well in sales, consistently finishing among the top sellers for weekly grosses. Brantley thinks he knows the reason for the success - "People are hoping they'll see a 'Boy Fall From the Sky'. Literally."

 

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