You may have heard of a tragic little debacle known as Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. It’s been billed as Broadway’s most expensive musical and opened last year amid all kinds of disasters: injuries, delays and more. And apparently there was more going on behind the scenes. Director Julie Taymor says the producers of the […]

As if Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark had not already been plagued with enough safety violations and money troubles at the state level, the feds have now stepped in and fined the production even further. Regulators have cited the show for three particular violations, due to the reckless way in which employees of the show […]

As if this weren’t the biggest foregone conclusion in the universe, that doomed Spider-Man musical with all the accidents and faulty equipment and crew injuries can now add “and the show officially sucks” to the list.  Producers have delayed the opening of the show again and again, but critics finally got fed up and decided […]

I cannot believe that officials from Health and Safety haven’t shut this disaster of a production down, but it seems that not only is the Spider-Man musical continuing despite multiple serious cast and crew injuries, but they’re dragging someone new into the black hole.  Natalie Mendoza, who suffered a concussion during a performance while playing […]

The drama never stops for the Broadway version of Spider-Man, but unfortunately it’s not the kind of drama caused by competent acting or a quality stage production.  The Broadway musical has been plagued with trouble since before it opened, and from the very first performance audiences have reported sub-par acting, equipment malfunctions, and now a […]