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* TroubledProduction: Quite possibly the most infamous, noteworthy and widely mocked example of one in Broadway history. Find out more [[TroubledProduction/{{Theatre}} here]].
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* TroubledProduction: Quite possibly the most infamous, noteworthy and widely mocked example of one in Broadway history. Find It had a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Turn_Off_the_Dark#History hard time just getting to its preview period]] on Broadway... whereupon things went FromBadToWorse due to seemingly endless injuries to its performers [[note]]To the point that Creator/StephenColbert referred to it on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' as "Spider-Man: Notify Next of Kin"[[/note]], inspiring parodies on ''Series/{{Conan}}'', snarky coverage by Website/TheOnion Website/AVClub, endless snark in general from ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'', and a RippedFromTheHeadlines episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' -- even ''Series/SesameStreet'' got in on making fun of it.
** With a $65 million budget, it would have to sell outmore [[TroubledProduction/{{Theatre}} here]].for three years to break even. The preview period kept getting extended, and finally theater critics had enough and wrote/ran reviews of the February 7, 2011 performance (which, had it not been pushed back ''again'', was supposed to be the official opening date)... most of which were [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/spiderman-turn-off-the-dark-terrible-or-make-it-st,51518/ scathing]].
** In response, the producers (finally!) panicked and brought in script doctors, along with having Bono and The Edge write new music. Director (and famous prima donna) Julie Taymor refused to go along with the changes and was either fired or quit. It finally opened in June 2011.
** In January 2012, the producers suggested that the show might periodically add new scenes and songs to encourage repeat customers. The cautionary tale continued to unfold: Taymor filed suit against the producers and Bono and The Edge, claiming that not only that she was unjustly fired but also that they used her rewrites afterward, without giving her credit.
** In August 2013, yet ''another'' performer was seriously injured during a performance.
** Then it was the ticket sales that fell to their doom; in November the show was confirmed to be closing in January 2014, with $60 million of the producers' investment due to be lost according to ''New York'' magazine.
** The producers initially intended to reopen the show in Las Vegas in 2015, but decided to launch an arena tour in 2015-16 instead. However, nothing came of it.
** With a $65 million budget, it would have to sell out
** In response, the producers (finally!) panicked and brought in script doctors, along with having Bono and The Edge write new music. Director (and famous prima donna) Julie Taymor refused to go along with the changes and was either fired or quit. It finally opened in June 2011.
** In January 2012, the producers suggested that the show might periodically add new scenes and songs to encourage repeat customers. The cautionary tale continued to unfold: Taymor filed suit against the producers and Bono and The Edge, claiming that not only that she was unjustly fired but also that they used her rewrites afterward, without giving her credit.
** In August 2013, yet ''another'' performer was seriously injured during a performance.
** Then it was the ticket sales that fell to their doom; in November the show was confirmed to be closing in January 2014, with $60 million of the producers' investment due to be lost according to ''New York'' magazine.
** The producers initially intended to reopen the show in Las Vegas in 2015, but decided to launch an arena tour in 2015-16 instead. However, nothing came of it.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: The joke that Mary Jane ends up in a Broadway show based on ''The Fly'' may be this, as there really is an '''opera''' based on [[Film/TheFly1986 the 1986 film]] which was first staged in 2008.
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* CutSong: Many songs from 1.0 were altered or cut, such as the opening "Splash Page" number. Arachne's songs got hit hardest; she lost "Deeply Furious," "Think Again," "Love Me or Kill Me." Some lyrics from "Deeply Furious" were reused in "A Freak Like Me Needs Company."
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* CutSong: Many songs from 1.0 were altered or cut, such as the opening number "Splash Page" number.Page". Arachne's songs got hit hardest; she lost "Deeply Furious," "Think Again," "Love Me or Kill Me." Some lyrics from "Deeply Furious" were reused in "A Freak Like Me Needs Company."
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* ColbertBump: Radio/GlennBeck promoted the musical on his radio show, giving it some extra attention. Subverted with the "Spider-Monster" skit on ''Series/SesameStreet'', which mocked its TroubledProduction.
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* ColbertBump: Radio/GlennBeck promoted the musical on his radio show, giving it some extra attention. Subverted with And then there was the "Spider-Monster" skit on ''Series/SesameStreet'', ''Series/SesameStreet'' which mocked its TroubledProduction.
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** Originally, Creator/EvanRachelWood and Creator/AlanCumming (both of whom have worked with Taymor before) were cast as Mary Jane and The Green Goblin, but the endless delays the show faced getting to the preview period led to both dropping out.
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** After it's closure on Broadway, there were talks that it would be revived either as a tour or a permanent show in Las Vegas, but nothing has come from this.
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** After it's its closure on Broadway, there were talks that it would be revived either as a tour or a permanent show in Las Vegas, but nothing has come from this.
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** After it's closure on Broadway, there were talks that it would be revived either as a tour or a permanent show in Las Vegas, but nothing has come from this.
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* ColbertBump: Creator/GlennBeck promoted the musical on his radio show, giving it some extra attention. Subverted with the "Spider-Monster" skit on ''Series/SesameStreet'', which mocked its TroubledProduction.
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* ColbertBump: Creator/GlennBeck Radio/GlennBeck promoted the musical on his radio show, giving it some extra attention. Subverted with the "Spider-Monster" skit on ''Series/SesameStreet'', which mocked its TroubledProduction.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, Creator/EvanRachelWood and Creator/AlanCumming (both of whom have worked with Taymor before) were cast as Mary Jane and The Green Goblin, but the endless delays the show faced getting to the preview period led to both dropping out.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Originally, Creator/EvanRachelWood and Creator/AlanCumming (both of whom have worked with Taymor before) were cast as Mary Jane and The Green Goblin, but the endless delays the show faced getting to the preview period led to both droppingout.out.
** The original plot didn't have Arachne function as Peter's SpiritAdvisor, but had the ''actual'' Arachne from the Greek legend as the BigBad rather than Green Goblin, with Gobby getting killed off at the end of the first act. Arachne was also the leading lady. She had a song about trying on shoes and a very blatantly FoeYay-laden scene where she sneaks into Peter's room and sings ''Turn Off the Dark.'' She also had two master plans, either of which she would have been perfectly fine with: either have Peter fall in love with her, or have him kill her. Either way, she's freed from her curse.
** Originally, Creator/EvanRachelWood and Creator/AlanCumming (both of whom have worked with Taymor before) were cast as Mary Jane and The Green Goblin, but the endless delays the show faced getting to the preview period led to both dropping
** The original plot didn't have Arachne function as Peter's SpiritAdvisor, but had the ''actual'' Arachne from the Greek legend as the BigBad rather than Green Goblin, with Gobby getting killed off at the end of the first act. Arachne was also the leading lady. She had a song about trying on shoes and a very blatantly FoeYay-laden scene where she sneaks into Peter's room and sings ''Turn Off the Dark.'' She also had two master plans, either of which she would have been perfectly fine with: either have Peter fall in love with her, or have him kill her. Either way, she's freed from her curse.
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** Oddly enough, the Green Goblin is given the backstory of Dr. Octopus from the second film, with Harry Osborne not existing at all.
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* CutSong: Many songs from 1.0 were altered or cut, with Arachne's numbers getting hit hardest; she lost "Deeply Furious," "Think Again," "Love Me or Kill Me." Some lyrics from "Deeply Furious" were reused in "A Freak Like Me Needs Company."
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* CutSong: Many songs from 1.0 were altered or cut, with such as the opening "Splash Page" number. Arachne's numbers getting songs got hit hardest; she lost "Deeply Furious," "Think Again," "Love Me or Kill Me." Some lyrics from "Deeply Furious" were reused in "A Freak Like Me Needs Company."
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* DrawingBoardHiatus: Came with the TroubledProduction. The script underwent several reworks, Bono and The Edge from Music/{{U2}} were brought in to write new music, original director Julie Taymor either quit or was fired after rejecting the changes from said reworks and the musical had the longest preview period in Broadway history with an astonishing 182 performances before the official premiere.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Theatre/NextToNormal Natalie]] is dating Spider-Man.
** [[Series/PennyDreadful Dorian Grey]] is secretly Spider-Man.
** Music/TaylorSwift apparently knew Peter was trouble when he walked in.
*** At matinees Peter is [[{{Series/Degrassi}} Craig Manning]].
** [[Series/PennyDreadful Dorian Grey]] is secretly Spider-Man.
** Music/TaylorSwift apparently knew Peter was trouble when he walked in.
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* TroubledProduction: Quite possibly the most infamous, noteworthy and widely mocked example of one in Broadway history. Find out more [[TroubledProduction/Theatre here]].
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* TroubledProduction: Quite possibly the most infamous, noteworthy and widely mocked example of one in Broadway history. Find out more [[TroubledProduction/Theatre [[TroubledProduction/{{Theatre}} here]].
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* LyingCreator: Videos and statements before previews began claimed that the musical was "based on the comics, not the movies." It's actually a composite adaptation of ''Film/SpiderMan'' and ''Film/SpiderMan2''.
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* LyingCreator: Videos and statements before previews began claimed that the musical was "based on the comics, not the movies." It's actually a composite adaptation of ''Film/SpiderMan'' ''Film/SpiderMan1'' and ''Film/SpiderMan2''.
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* RecycledScript: The first version had quite a bit of dialogue from the first movie in it. The second got rid of most of it, but scenes like Spider-Man saving a baby from a fire still seem directly lifted.
** Oddly enough, the Green Goblin is given the backstory of Dr. Octopus from the second film, with Harry Osborne not existing at all.
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* ColbertBump: Creator/GlennBeck promoted the musical on his radio show, giving it some extra attention. Subverted with the "Spider-Monster" skit on ''Series/SesameStreet'', which mocked its TroubledProduction.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[NextToNormal Natalie]] is dating Spider-Man.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, Evan Rachel Wood Creator/EvanRachelWood and Alan Cumming Creator/AlanCumming (both of whom have worked with Taymor before) were cast as Mary Jane and The Green Goblin, but the endless delays the show faced getting to the preview period led to both dropping out.out.
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* LyingCreator: Videos and statements before previews began claimed that the musical was "based on the comics, not the movies." It's actually a composite adaptation of [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy ''Spider-Man'' and ''Spider-Man 2'']].
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* LyingCreator: Videos and statements before previews began claimed that the musical was "based on the comics, not the movies." It's actually a composite adaptation of [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy ''Spider-Man'' ''Film/SpiderMan'' and ''Spider-Man 2'']].''Film/SpiderMan2''.
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** TaylorSwift apparently knew Peter was trouble when he walked in.
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** TaylorSwift Music/TaylorSwift apparently knew Peter was trouble when he walked in.
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* LyingCreator: Videos and statements before previews began claimed that the musical was "based on the comics, not the movies." It's actually a composite adaptation of [[{{Film/Spider-Man Trilogy}} [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy ''Spider-Man'' and ''Spider-Man 2'']].
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* LyingCreator: Videos and statements before previews began claimed that the musical was "based on the comics, not the movies." It's actually a composite adaptation of [[Film/SpiderMan [[{{Film/Spider-Man Trilogy}} ''Spider-Man'' and ''Spider-Man 2'']].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming (both of whom have worked with Taymor before) were cast as Mary Jane and The Green Goblin, but the endless delays the show faced getting to the preview period forced them to drop out.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming (both of whom have worked with Taymor before) were cast as Mary Jane and The Green Goblin, but the endless delays the show faced getting to the preview period forced them led to drop both dropping out.
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* LyingCreator: Videos and statements before previews began claimed that the musical was "based on the comics, not the movies." It's actually a composite adaptation of [[Film/SpiderMan "Spider-Man" ''Spider-Man'' and "Spider-Man 2"]]''Spider-Man 2'']].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming (both of whom have worked with Taymor before) were cast as Mary Jane and The Green Goblin, but the endless delays the show faced getting to the preview period forced them to drop out.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming (both of whom have worked with Taymor before) were cast as Mary Jane and The Green Goblin, but the endless delays the show faced getting to the preview period forced them to drop out.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[NextToNormal Natalie]] is dating Spider-Man.
* LyingCreator: Videos and statements before previews began claimed that the musical was "based on the comics, not the movies." It's actually a composite adaptation of [[Film/SpiderMan'Spider-Man'' "Spider-Man" and ''Spider-Man 2'']]"Spider-Man 2"]]
* LyingCreator: Videos and statements before previews began claimed that the musical was "based on the comics, not the movies." It's actually a composite adaptation of [[Film/SpiderMan
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* LyingCreator: Videos and statements before previews began claimed that the musical was, and I quote was "based on the comics, not the movies." It's actually a composite adaptation of [[Film/SpiderMan 'Spider-Man'' and ''Spider-Man 2'']]
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