Out Of Control!

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The budget on the big Broadway musical adaptation of Spider-Man - with music by Bono and directed by Julie Taymor -has ballooned to $40 million!!!!!

The show also reportedly will cost $1 million a week to put on.

How will the investors ever make their money back?????

[Image via WENN.]

Posted: Oct 8, 2008 at 11:29 am / Email this »

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26 comments to “Out Of Control!”

LettyB says – reply to this

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WHA A FUCKING STUPID IDEA FOR A MUSICAL!
guilty of being white says – reply to this

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Yawn…..
Mojocastle says – reply to this

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Why??? Crazy
LettyB says – reply to this

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WTF!
LettyB says – reply to this

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BOO!
GeorgeOrlando says – reply to this

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Good question.
A 'Spider-Man'-Musical? Poor idea…
www.fieldoflove.net says – reply to this

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This must be one of the most expensive broadway musical that ever produce
nitenick says – reply to this

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The music is by Bono and The Edge!
green*eyes says – reply to this

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It is BON JOVI, not BON JOVIE with an e, Dumb ass!
Aileen (Canada) says – reply to this

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I think most people are worried about how to pay their mortgage these days Perez. You are becoming so out of touch in your little fairy castle in LALA Land!
emifinky says – reply to this

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First of all - get the facts straight: the music is being written by Bono and Edge from U2 and secondly: those of you with no imagination in terms of how "Spiderman" can be done as a musical are going to be blown away by this show… you have no idea…….
E xo
Ari666 says – reply to this

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Can't they think of anything better to spend their cash on? Hell if they just want to toss cash away toss some my way
Aileen (Canada) says – reply to this

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I think most people are more worried about how to pay their mortgages. Perez, you are so out of touch in your fairy castle in LaLa Land these days.
SoCar says – reply to this

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Re: nitenick – I thinks that's BonoE and the EdgeE.
HolyMcGrail says – reply to this

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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

I Fucking Hate This!

But I wouldn't pass up free tickets to check it out. Hehehe
mollymouse says – reply to this

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who would see spiderman the musica…NERDS!!! hahaha
ethereal says – reply to this

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go spidey go! you throw in bono and the edge and its sure to be great!

it can happen! look at all the positive audience members from the shrek show!
wowimawesome says – reply to this

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Why why why why why why why why why???????

This has to be the stupidest idea I've ever heard of in my life. What are they doing to Broadway? I expect it to close fairly fast.
amanda46235 says – reply to this

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maybe i am retarded but…you are telling me someone is spending $40 to put on a dumb ass musical about spiderman and in the meantime people are losing jobs everywhere and the economy is in the toilet. Get your priorities straight America
damn where's my car key? says – reply to this

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I checked my calendar and it is not April Fools day.
This is not a joke post, in that they are even bothering
to make a Spiderman 'musical'???????
damn where's my car key? says – reply to this

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oh wait, this is like The Producers!!!
They want a flop to rip off the backers!!!!!!!!!
damn where's my car key? says – reply to this

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Re: emifinky – lemme guess, you
are invested in the show, and you bought the line.
pixcdust says – reply to this

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why do we need 20 million new broadway shows? just keep making the ones people actually go to and everyone is happy! greedy bastards.
emifinky says – reply to this

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Oh dear, you just didn't get the hint did you?
Perhaps I know much more factual information on this topic than the press… and by the way: their information on the budget is waaaay off, so stop worry about people loosing their houses as the result of a musical (how does this idea make sense?).
Private investment has nothing to do with the general mismanagement of the ecomomy by those in which the taxpayer entrusted their futures…and by the way: how much exactly has the American government spent on war
Does Broadway have anything to do with this?
emifinky says – reply to this

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In times of hardship it is the artists and entertainers that keep people's spirits afloat until thing stabilize. In the great depression it was the songwriter of Tin Pan Alley who gave people hope and inspirational songs.
Those two hours in the theater where reality is suspended and the hardships of living are temporarily forgotten, are golden, and artists take this responsibilty very seriously. This is the reason why creatives such as Julie Taymor are constantly honing their craft and creating new and innovative ideas to take the precious, but sometimes jaded audience member into the unexpected and spectacular.

P.S. Spiderman is going to change Broadway musicals for all time. The cynics here will all find themselves in a theater seat being entertained, awed and inspired.

I don't have money invested in the show…but I wish I had…
D112 says – reply to this

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r u kidding me? spiderman is not a musical…these ppl are so dumb.