Work “Unexpectedly” Suspended on Broadway’s Spider-Man

Photo: Joan Marcus A statement on Sunday from the publicists for Hello Entertainment, one of the producers of “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” said work had been suspended on the musical because of “an unexpected cash flow problem.” The statement went on to say: “The plans necessary for this correction are in hand now, and…

Spider-Man Coming To Broadway in 2010

Greetings Spider-Friends, today brings news of the official opening of the new Spider-Man musical on Broadway I initially mentioned back in May of 2007. Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, with music & lyrics by Bono and The Edge and a book by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger will open on February 18, 2010 at the…

The Amazing Stephen Colbert

Just when I thought the Entertainment Weekly cover couldn’t be topped, this comes along. The Amazing Spider-Man #573 Variant Cover In Amazing Spider-Man No. 573, which goes on sale Oct. 15, Mr. Colbert, above, appears alongside the red-and-blue wall-crawler in an eight-page story. The issue finds Mr. Colbert at a sparsely attended rally with J….

Spider-Man: The Musical!

  Hey folks, just when you thought you had had enough of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, in comes this news from Playbill.com: …Julie Taymor will direct the forthcoming musical version of the Marvel Comics hero with music provided by Bono and The Edge of the band U2. A staged reading of the new musical will…