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“Some of the easiest literary works of this yr” (Miami Bring in-Tribune): The real tale of a theatrical dream—or nightmare—come actual…the making of the Spider-Guy musical.
As you could believe, writing a Broadway musical has its demanding situations. But it surely turns available in the market are demanding situations possible’t start to believe whilst participating with rock legends and a famous person director to level the largest, so much pricey manufacturing in theater historical past. Popular director Julie Taymor picked playwright Glen Berger to cowrite the e-book for a $25 million Spider-Guy musical. In combination—in conjunction with U2’s Bono and Aspect—they might form a piece that was once technically bold and emotionally profound, with a tale fueled via the hero’s quest for romance…and the villains’ quest for revenge. Or no less than, that’s what they’d was hoping for.
But whilst charismatic manufacturer Tony Adams died abruptly, the display started to lose its footing. Quickly the finances was once ballooning, financing was once evaporating, and manufacturers had been leaping send or getting demoted. After which got here the wounds. After which got here phrase-of-mouth in regards to the display itself. What adopted was once a festival of foul-ups, falling-outs, ever-extra harrowing mishaps, and plenty of malfunctioning spider legs. This “circus-rock-and-roll-drama,” with its $sixty five million price ticket, had transform extra of a spectacle than its creators ever needed for. All over the display’s exceptional seven months of previews, the corporate’s struggles to succeed in commencing night time impressed breathless tabloid protection and garnered global notoriety.
Through all of it, Berger noticed the chaos together with his signature combine of giant ambition and self-deprecating humor.
