Julie Taymor News

All anyone in the theatre world is talking about so far this morning is last night's first preview of the highly anticipated SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark. I was there and it was certainly a night to remember. Message boards and Twitter were abuzz throughout the show, as audiences sat through 4 technical stops in Act 1, and 1 in Act 2 as well as an elongated intermission (and one heckler), but the show as performed from beginning to end.

Tonight at approximately 10:15, the first preview of the highly anticipated SPIDER-MAN ended, some 3 hours and 45 minutes after it was scheduled to begin. Message boards and Twitter were abuzz throughout the show, noting that there were 4 technical stops in Act 1, and 1 in Act 2 as well as an elongated intermission, but the show as performed from beginning to end.

Lesley Stahl and '60 Minutes' cameras got the first look at the rehearsal and production of 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,' the most ambitious and expensive musical ever brought to a Broadway stage. Sunday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m. ET/PT. Watch it here!

The New York Times is reporting that on Friday, safety inspectors from the New York State Department of Labor saw and signed off on all 27 flying sequences in SPIDER MAN, and the show will indeed begin previews tonight at 6:30 pm. After last night's dress rehearsal was cancelled, it's been speculated at the entire show won't be performed tonight; the Times reports that stops during this evening's performance are possible and also notes that the final 10 minutes are 'not fully finished'.

The New York premiere of Notes from Underground, adapted for the stage by the OBIE Award-winning actor Bill Camp and Robert Woodruff, is extended through Sunday, November 28.

SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark will begin preview performances on Broadway on Sunday, November 28, 2010, at 6:30 p.m.

Today, in honor of the show's first preview tonight, BWW is thrilled to introduce the first episode of the exclusive, behind-the-scenes SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark webisode series, hosted by Broadway vet (and wife of SPIDEY's Green Goblin), Paige Davis. Do you know how many tons of steel were used to reconstruct the Foxwoods theater for the SPIDEY stunts? What does Patrick Page do prior to transforming himself into the Green Goblin? What are some of Julie Taymor's hidden talents? Find out each week until SPIDEY opens on Broadway, when Paige and BroadwayWorld go inside the Foxwoods Theatre to explore the carefully shrouded secrets of the production in SPIDER-MAN: Behind The Web.

Only three weeks remain to see Disney's THE LION KING in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, where performances play though November 27, 2010.

The New York Times just posted links to the first two 30-second commercials for SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark, which will begin airing on New York television on Monday. The ads, created by the Serino Coyne agency, feature production and rehearsal footage that has been shot in recent weeks. Click below to play!

The New York Times just posted links to the first two 30-second commercials for SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark, which will begin airing on New York television on Monday. The ads, created by the Serino Coyne agency, feature production and rehearsal footage that has been shot in recent weeks. Click below to play!

Julie Taymor is at the helm of a new film adaptation of THE TEMPEST, to be released nationwide December 17. The film was shot in Hawaii with stars Helen Mirren (Prospera), Alfred Molina (Stephano), Ben Whishaw (Ariel), FeliciTy Jones (Miranda), Russell Brand (Trinculo), Djimon Hounsou (Caliban), Alan Cumming (Sebastian), Chris Cooper (Antonio), and David Strathairn (Alonso).

Lesley Stahl and '60 Minutes' cameras get the first look at the rehearsal and production of 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,' the most ambitious and expensive musical ever brought to a Broadway stage. Sunday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Click below for a look at the show's stars in full aerial action from inside the rehearsal room!

Looks like the delays have been worth it for SPIDER-MAN Turn off the Dark! Click below for a look at the show's stars in full aerial action in this just-released video from inside the rehearsal room!

Despite the secrecy surrounding the upcoming SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark, Spidey mastermind Julie Taymor has much to say - and her collaborators much to say about her - in a new New York Magazine feature out today.

On Monday, November 22, 2010, the Broadway company of the international musical smash CHICAGO is pleased to welcome back Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt in the role of slick criminal lawyer Billy Flynn.

Nueva Escena is pleased to present HARDWARE DREAMS, written and performed by Sunilda Caraballo, directed by Joe Ricci.

Today, BroadwayWorld is thrilled to introduce the teaser to the the exclusive, behind-the-scenes SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark webisode series, hosted by Broadway vet (and wife of SPIDEY's Green Goblin), Paige Davis. Do you know how many tons of steel were used to reconstruct the Foxwoods theater for the SPIDEY stunts? What does Patrick Page do prior to transforming himself into the Green Goblin? What are some of Julie Taymor's hidden talents? Find out each week until SPIDEY opens on Broadway, when Paige and BroadwayWorld go inside the Foxwoods Theatre to explore the carefully shrouded secrets of the production in SPIDER-MAN: Behind The Web. Click below to meet Paige and take your first quick trip 'behind the web' in anticipation of the first episode next week!

The Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturday attracts thousands of visitors to free programs of art and entertainment each month.

Stephen Farber, one of the country's leading film critics and historians, will continue his film series Reel Talk with Stephen Farber at the Wadsworth Theatre for 12 Monday nights beginning September 20. Reel Talk with Stephen Farber is presented in partnership with RICHMARK Entertainment and Landmark Theatres.