U2’s Spider-Man musical backon track
Fri 23rd Jul, 2010 in International News
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark the $50-million musical extravaganza written by Bono and The Edge seems likely to debut on Broadway in November.
The musical’s cast is scheduled to begin rehearsals on August 16th under the guidance of Julie Taymor, the director of the stage version of the Lion King and the films Titus, Frida and Across the Universe.
Both Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming were originally cast in the production, but left the show when “cash flow problems” forced the production to postpone its scheduled February 2010 opening date.
Bono had acclaimed Wood as “the greatest actor of her generation”, so hopefully her replacement meets the U2 leader’s standards.
The Edge describes Turn Off the Dark as “much more like opera than a straight musical… It touches on opera, it touches on rock and roll, there are some real character-driven songs as well, very unusual song types for us.”
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