SPIDER MAN GOES BROADWAY

Tonight at 6:30 pm, New York Time, (that's 3:30 pm Pacific Time) the long awaited Broadway musical "Spiderman: Light Up The Dark" will open in previews at the Foxwoods Theatre. This little show has had the kind of bad luck that my own show "Edgar Alan and Poe" had. Following a change in producers, several delays and the renaming of its theatre, the eagerly awaited Julie Taymor musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark begins performances Nov. 28 at 6:30 PM at Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre. An official opening night scheduled for Jan. 11, 2011, but for all intensive purposes, this is the test that every musical goes through before an official opening About the recent delays, lead producer Michael Cohl had said in a statement, "Shows like ours, that embrace the challenge of opening on Broadway without an out-of-town tryout, often need to adjust their schedules along the way. Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark has an unprecedented level of technical artistry, and getting it right takes time. We apologize in advance to any inconvenienced ticket holders." The musical of course is inspired by the Marvel comic-book character that first emerged in the 1960s, and had originally been announced to arrive during the 2009 season, but it was postponed due to financing.
Recent trouble included the injury of two actors during demonstrations of the show's flying techniques: One actor broke both his wrists, while the other broke both his feet. That's what I cal very bad luck. Tonight at 7:00pm we can all watch a wonderful preview program about the show on the CBS show "60 Minutes" It should really reveal some interesting facts and figures. In the meantime, my own new show "THE BREMEN TOWN BOYS" ticks down to its audition dates of May 5th and 6th at the Actor's Garden Theatre. The progress of the show can be followed by going to our informative show web site at http://www.brementownboys.com/. Bremen Town Boys can be described as "The Brothers Grimm meet "Noises Off". It's a fairy tale and a spoof. And some of it is very very funny. We plan to open around February 12th or so. More details will certainly follow. Now I'm writing another spoof called "Adam and Eve and Steve (When the Devil Wasn't Enough) an altogether spoof of what might have happened if dear old Adam and Eve were not as close a couple as we might imagine them to be and when the finger pointing starts, Adam rejects Eve for another "companion" -- and God turns an annoying plum tree human who of course becomes "Steve". Eve, however is not about to give up her man that easy and fights back. This could be a lot of fun! Beautiful day on this Sunday! Later on!