And the financial crisis of 20 had scared off private investors, so that in August 2009, the production found itself $20 million short of cash. Its initial lead producer and guiding light, Tony Adams, had had a fatal stroke in 2005 while in a meeting with The Edge. Before the first preview, Turn Off the Dark was already being gossiped about as a ‘troubled’ enterprise. We’ll keep improving it and improving it, and it’s going to be duck soup by the time we open in January.” But we knew by the end of the night, well, that’s the worst it’s ever going to be. One of the crew members fetched a stick to prod him with, but that didn’t help. It was the worst possible position because no one could reach him. And for some reason he stopped, so you had Spider-Man dangling seven feet above the first two rows. “Then there was a flourish,” says Berger, “when Spider-Man flies off through the audience towards the balcony. “When she lost the trust of Bono,” one insider said, “that was it for her.But everything was going relatively smoothly until the last seconds before the interval. Apparently seeing the show after their recent tour, Bono and The Edge suggested changes, which Taymor reportedly rejected and led to her absence from recent rehearsals. The Daily Mail has similar news, reporting that Taymor’s exit stems from Bono’s return to the production. Taymor’s been the creative energy behind the project since day one, but reports from within the production say producers blame her for the show’s disastrous preview at Foxwood Theater. While no details on the shutdown have been revealed, the New York Times reports that one of the changes may be the departure of director Jule Taymor. The show, which was set to make its official opening on March 15th, could close its doors for a period of time from late April through early May. Yes, according to Rolling Stone, U2’s much-troubled Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark musical will be shut down for three weeks while producers overhaul the $65 million production.
What, pray tell, finally did the wallcrawler in? Broadway. Superman got his beatdown courtesy of Doomsday, Wallflower was assassinated by a sniper, and now Spider-Man has his sob story to tell – sort of.
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