Spiderman Turn Off The Dark

 Wow, I needed an entire week to get the bad taste out of my mouth from this show. It shouldn't have ever been an idea for a show. Aaron and I actually laughed to each other during the show because it was THAT ridiculous! With a budget of 60 Million and with collaborators like Bono and The Edge, you would think that they could've done SOMETHING with the story. The show started out OK. I'm not saying it was even like Rock of Ages (which I hated as well). YOu can see where Julie Taymor barely touched this production. The production team fired her and got rid of most of her artistic ideas for a broader audience and ended up with crap.

 See, right about now, the show was still good. It was all about Arachne weaving a tapestry. There were 7 aerialists swinging on silks to make an awesome design. I was thoroughly enjoying the vision....Then enter this!

Card board cut outs. Okay, they're not card board. But they could've been. Rather than have the actors go on stage, they would bring out these weird pieces to "further the story." Yeah, no! Not buying it. I don't even know if an 8 year old boy would fully enjoy this show. It was disjointed and weird. The illusion of Peter Parker being Spiderman was shot as well, since they actually showed a Spiderman on stage at the same time that Reeve Carney was on stage. Also, the flying aspect that everyone was excited for was so boring. We were under the mezzanine so we couldn't see where he was landing on the balcony, but I don't think the extra fly time would've saved it for me.

Oh yeah, there were weird minions in comic book type masks. The show couldn't figure out if it was in the 60's or modern times, a comic book, or simply mocking one, and what vocal style it was supposed to be. Mary Jane was boring and Peter sounded like he had to shit for every song (pretty much just sounded like a bad Bono) I get that you want to sound like Bono, but I would've bought the character more had he started the show with a  "wimpy" voice and then gotten this awesome rock voice after the spider bite.

We sat in YY which was pretty good. We didn't miss anything except for when Peter swung above the mezzanine. Do not go see this show. I hate feeling like I wasted time and that's exactly what will happen if you see this show.