It's completely true. I was half-listening to the radio the other day when my subconscious caught something about a musical for Spidey, with a score by Bono and Edge (I don't know who this British-Irish rocker is, but now you can:
He's the guy who isn't Bono.The cast calls were looking for people with "strong rock/pop voices." There will be all of the standard characters (M.J., Peter, J.J. Jameson, etc.) plus Arachne, the spider muse who challenged the gods at weaving (you know the story), and a Greek chorus (always fun), who tells the stories of Spiderman.
Casting was done in the late spring, and the professional read-throughs are in July. The show, entitled Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark (is that not epic?) will open in February.
Most of this info came from Playbill.com, which is a fab site.
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ReplyDelete(This next part should be read as if it were italicized)Greek chorus! Spiderman, U2, Greek Chorus, Musical...on ice?
ReplyDeleteThrow in a Barbie/Bratz doll and a nice German Polka, and I think we have all audiences covered.