SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark is now in previews at Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre (213 West 42nd Street). Click below for a look at the production in montage, both behind the scenes and on stage! Much of this footage has been seen before in pieces during the (many) news segments about the show, but, you've been asking for it, so we've rounded it all up in one place for the first time.
CollegeHumor.com has just posted a 'commercial' for SPIDER-MAN (which was clearly filmed at New World Stages). Click below to play the funny piece.
An above-average amount of rehearsals are still scheduled for SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark as under 30 days remain until the show's currently scheduling opening night of February 7, 2011. We're told that everyone is committed to ensuring that there's no further delays to that date as the show's official opening because the production is aware that will no doubt bring a flood of critics in.
Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) presents the World Premiere of A SMALL FIRE, a new play by Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Drunken City at PH, The Receptionist, The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows).
Last Night, Christopher Tierney, the actor badly injured during the $65 million Broadway musical 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,' returned to the theater for the first time since his accident to watch the show.
Christopher Tierney was back at SPIDER-MAN evening, as an audience member. He told the press before the show that he believed in the production, and the crew, wasn't mad at anyone and was hoping to rejoin the show as soon as he possibly could. Before entering the theatre, he spoke to press and showed off his back brace.
Word has hit Twitter that tonight's performance of SPIDER-MAN was stopped at least twice. These malfuctions would be the latest in a long line of problems for the new musical, which began previews on Nov 28, 2010.
ROCK OF AGES star Constantine Maroulis has gone on the record about SPIDER-MAN, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Maroulis says, 'It was the most poetic, provocative and beautiful piece of theater I've seen in a long f---ing time. I realize theater is not a contact sport but they're in a fight, making art, creating something that's bigger than anything.'
SPIDER-MAN has yet another obstacle to overcome. According to Newsday, Bill de Blasio, public advocate of New York City, is campaigning for the Department of Consumer Affairs to make audience members aware that the very delayed show is in deed still not a finished product. De Blasio claims that the musical 'may be in violation of consumer protection laws,' because the show makes no mention that it is still in previews.
Christopher Tierney, the injured SPIDER-MAN cast member, will be returning to the show on Friday, January 7 - although only as an audience member.
Andrew Garfield, who will star in the upcoming 'Spider-Man' film - the fourth in the series - has admitted that he can certainly relate to his future onscreen role. The actor told the Daily Mail that he and 'Peter Parker' (the secret identity of the web-slinging hero) share a common experience; they were both bullied in school.
While some have criticized Bono for not being around for SPIDER-MAN's early previews, due to previous touring commitments in New Zealand, he is now back in town and fully involved with the production that features his music and lyrics.
Christopher Tierney, the injured SPIDER-MAN cast member, has been released from rehab. NY1 talked to the actor as he left the walked out of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Cast member T.V. Carpio officially assumed the role of 'Arachne' in SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, replacing Natalie Mendoza back in early January. BroadwayWorld.com photog Walter McBride went through his extensive photo arrives and dug up some great photos of Carpio at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival where she was promoting another Julie Taymor project - Across the Universe, which she starred in as Prudence!
Cast member T.V. Carpio officially assumed the role of 'Arachne' in SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, replacing Natalie Mendoza who departed the production last week after suffering a concussion at an early preview. BroadwayWorld.com was there amongst invited press to capture the star (and the rest of the cast) at the stage door post-show.
As we reported previously, T.V. Carpio has officially assumed the role of 'Arachne' in SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, replacing Natalie Mendoza who departed the production last week after suffering a concussion at an early preview. Directed by Julie Taymor and featuring a book by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger, and new music and lyrics by U2's Bono and The Edge, SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark is now in previews at Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre (213 West 42nd Street). Opening night is set for Monday, February 7, 2011. Click below to check out this video of Carpio chatting about the big switch on LX New York!
According to the NY Times, now that SPIDER-MAN's Christopher Tierney is on the mends, the 31 year old has made it clear that he can't wait to get back to the Foxwoods Theatre.
SPIDER-MAN creator Stan Lee was recently honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Inventor of some of the most iconic comic book characters of all time, some of Lee's more popular creations include:Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, The Avengers, Silver Surfer and Dr. Strange.
All four stars of SPIDER-MAN - Reeve Carney, Patrick Page, Jennifer Damiano and T.V. Carpio appeared this morning live on Good Morning America along with Christopher Tierney to discuss the show, his accident, safety and more.
While the cast of SPIDER-MAN appeared on WCBS and on Good Morning America, satirist Stephen Colbert presented his own take on the new musical.
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