History Theatre / SpiderManTurnOffTheDark

-->'''Norman:''' ''Spider-Man, Spider-Man....''\\

** Swiss Miss appears as an easter egg in WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse

** Swiss Miss appears as an easter egg in SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse

* TheCameo: The villains Kingpin and Hammerhead briefly appear as bank robbers during Spider-Man's introduction.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Both 1.0 and 2.0 had Peter temporarily quit being Spider-Man over wanting to commit to Mary Jane. In 1.0 it lasts for much of the second act along with him losing his powers, while in 2.0 his retirement is ''much'' shorter as he changes his mind once the Goblin threatens to destroy the city in retaliation.

''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' is a Broadway musical based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero Franchise/SpiderMan. It was directed by Creator/JulieTaymor, with a book by Taymor, Creator/GlenBerger, and Creator/RobertoAguirreSacasa, and music by Bono and the Edge of Music/{{U2}}. It is the single most expensive Broadway musical ever produced, costing about seventy-five million dollars. [[note]] The average budget for a Broadway show is about $2-10 million. ''TOTD'' would've had to play to nothing but packed houses for two years straight just to break even. [[/note]]

** Peter asks Mary Jane if ''The Fantasticks'' is a musical version of the Franchise/FantasticFour.

''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' is a Broadway musical based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero Franchise/SpiderMan. It was directed by Julie Taymor, with a book by Taymor, Creator/GlenBerger, and Creator/RobertoAguirreSacasa, and music by Bono and the Edge of Music/{{U2}}. It is the single most expensive Broadway musical ever produced, costing about seventy-five million dollars. [[note]] The average budget for a Broadway show is about $2-10 million. ''TOTD'' would've had to play to nothing but packed houses for two years straight just to break even. [[/note]]

''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' is a Broadway musical based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero Franchise/SpiderMan. Directed by Julie Taymor with the score and lyrics by Bono and the Edge of Music/{{U2}}, as of this writing, it is the single most expensive Broadway musical ever produced, costing about seventy-five million dollars. [[note]] The average budget for a Broadway show is about $2-10 million. ''TOTD'' would've had to play to nothing but packed houses for two years straight just to break even. [[/note]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: The ensemble plays multiple roles depending on the scene, with every actor except the mains having multiple parts.

* AffirmativeActionGirl: Swiss Miss. In the first version, Miss Arrow even states that she added her into the story because the Six needed "a woman's touch".

* ProfessorGuineaPig: Dr. Norman Osborn, bereft of funding for his experiments and against the objections of his wife, test his DNA-splicing equipment on himself. It turns him into the Green Goblin.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Norman becomes completely aware of the audience's existence once he becomes the Goblin. He speaks directly to them at the top of Act II, and even croons to them with a sadistic lounge song right before the climax.

* SelfDeprecation: The Goblin at one point remarks ''"I'm a sixty-five million dollar circus tragedy...actually, more like seventy-five"'' in "A Freak Like Me Needs Company". The musical itself cost $75 million to mount.

Storywise, the final product is largely based on the first two Creator/SamRaimi [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy films]], with the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology myth of Arachne]] and the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' [[VillainTeamUp story arc]] added into the mix. Peter Parker becomes Spider-Man and, after losing his Uncle Ben, uses his newfound powers to fight crime under the guidance of the mythical Arachne. Meanwhile, the genetic scientist Norman Osborn becomes the Green Goblin after an experiment gone wrong. Desiring to forcibly mutate the world, he creates a supervillain "family" called the Sinister Six who must be stopped. The first version had a heavy focus on Arachne in Act II, making her the main villain who wove illusions into Peter's mind in a bid to either win his love or have him kill her.

* WingPull: The Goblin sprouts a pair of wings for the final confrontation atop the Chrysler Building.

* ProfessorGuineaPig: Norman decides to test his genetically-modified enhancements on himself.

''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' is a Broadway musical based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero ''Franchise/SpiderMan''. Directed by Julie Taymor with the score and lyrics by Bono and the Edge of Music/{{U2}}, as of this writing, it is the single most expensive Broadway musical ever produced, costing about seventy-five million dollars. [[note]] The average budget for a Broadway show is about $2-10 million. ''TOTD'' would've had to play to nothing but packed houses for two years straight just to break even. [[/note]]

''Franchise/SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark'' is a Broadway musical based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero. Directed by Julie Taymor with the score and lyrics by Bono and the Edge of Music/{{U2}}, as of this writing, it is the single most expensive Broadway musical ever produced, costing about seventy-five million dollars. [[note]] The average budget for a Broadway show is about $2-10 million. ''TOTD'' would've had to play to nothing but packed houses for two years straight just to break even. [[/note]]

* DoingInTheScientist: While Norman's genetic experiments created the spider that bit Peter and gave him his powers, Arachne gives him his costume and motivations for becoming Spider-Man, and with the spider explictly being female it's implied she had a hand in the fateful bite as well. This was more pronounced in 1.0 as the Geeks debate whether it was fate that intervened, much like the Spider-Totem debate in the comics.

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Peter blows off fighting crime for a night at home with Mary Jane. A night which he later said was spent with no TV or radio...

* AuthorAvatar: The Geek Chorus was based on the creators of the show, with Professor Cobwell being a stand-in for Glen Berger, the scriptwriter, Jimmy-6 and Grim Hunter being based on Bono and the Edge, the musicians, and Miss Arrow being based on director and storywriter Juelie Taymor. Thsi is especially pronounced with Arrow as she's smarter than the boys around her and introduces several of Julie Taymor's original creations and concepts to the show, such as the Greek mythology aspect, Arachne being an unbeatable dream weaver, and adding Swiss Miss to the Sinister Six.

* AuthorAvatar: Of the four Geeks, Miss Arrow is the only female one, is smarter than the boys around her, and introduces several of Julie Taymor's original creations and concepts to the show, such as Arachne being an unbeatable foe and adding Swiss Miss to the Sinister Six.

Storywise, the final product is largely based on the first two Creator/SamRaimi [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy films]], with the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology myth of Arachne]] and the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' [[VillainTeamUp story arc]] added into the mix. Peter Parker becomes Spider-Man and, after losing his Uncle Ben, uses his newfound powers to fight crime under the guidance of the mythical Arachne. Meanwhile, the genetic scientist Norman Osborn becomes the Green Goblin after an experiment gone wrong, creating a supervillain "family" who must be stopped. The first version had a heavy focus on Arachne in Act II, making her the main villain who wove illusions into Peter's mind in a bid to either win his love or have him kill her.

** The Green Goblin doesn't use a glider in this continuity. Instead, he's able to sprout a large pair of wings whenever he needs to go airborne. Funnily enough, the character would later sport wings in both ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''.