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Okay, NOBODY expected this one.
Rankenphile
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Get ready for "Spider-Man: The Broadway Musical."
That may not be the official title, but Marvel Studios is putting the pieces together for a musical on the Great White Way starring the popular superhero, which will be directed by Tony winner Julie Taymor, with U2's Bono and the Edge creating new music and lyrics for the project.
Auditions are taking place, and a reading is scheduled for the summer. No dates for a Broadway opening have been set.
Producing are Hello Entertainment/David Garfinkle, Martin McCallum, Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment. In addition to co-producing the show, Hello Entertainment is arranging all financing for the project.
While the Spider-Man musical marks the first time a Marvel character has been the subject of a Broadway show, it's not the first time a superhero has hit the stage. Superman was in the spotlight of "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman," which opened at the Alvin Theatre in 1966. Despite fairly positive reviews, it closed a few months later.
Short version: Bono and the Edge are currently working on a broadway musical version of Spider-Man.
Seriously, who the fuck could have predicted that?
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http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=19785 and somewhere in the ye olde comic thread.
Lattttteeeeee
you liar
I jsut keep picturing Bono, sitting around in his obnoxious fucking sunglasses, going, "Okay, let's see. List of things to do since I was seven... save a bunch of african kids? check. Get knighted? check. Be in a rock group with a pretentious name and a best friend with an even more pretentious name? check. Okay, The Edge, looks like the next thing on the list is that Spider-Man play. Let's get to it!"
Can Raimi direct Broadway? This'd be a good opportunity.
My grandma and my dog 'ol blue
Webs webs webs!
except it's being directed by Julie Taymor.
Faaaat! Fattt! Fat fat fatty fat walrus!
serious
the crazy thing, though?
I fucking hate U2, and change the station every time I hear them play.
But every U2 cover I've ever heard has been awesome.
So, I think, like, they're decent song writers, just horrible fucking performers.
And god damn those are the worst names ever. Bono and The Edge? Man, go fuck yourselves.
haha, Seriously.
my partner wanted to do U2 but I convinced him to do weird al instead
this report almost caused me to be assaulted by a hardcore nirvana fan
Details. I want to hear some details about this.
he told me, that under no circumstances was I to play any part of "smells like nirvana" in our report
I told him I wouldn't, but I mentioned that kurt cobain was actually pretty cool with the song
then I made a sort of mix tape featuring a number of weird al songs mashed together
I put in the part of smells like nirvana where he gargles and he about jumped out of his chair
haha fuck nirvana. I hate em more than U2.
GUYS
GUYS
GUYS
not a FAN per se
but they have some good songs
Nirvana and U2 in the same thread.
It's like a genocide of brain cells
Not really, they both suck equal amounts of black horse cock.
Also, unless the entire musical is scored to the 60's cartoon theme, then fuck this.
Are you sure you're not listening to Coldplay?
Why does it gotta be black?
So, I go to a John Mayer concert tonight as a girl I am interested in invites me along and for free, so I figure, you can't lose. Without really looking him up to see what type of music he does, I go and discover I have confused him for Jack Johnson on the radio... so I sit there and bear it, making light conversation and trying my best not to fall asleep when the best part happens. You know how in live performances, musicians stop and let the audience sing the chorus? Well, Mr. Mayer decides to do this twice, each time he stops mid-chorus and.... silence. No one sang.
I was laughing my ass off. God he sucks.
But I grinned and bared it, points for me!
my girlfriend tried to get me to go to one of his concerts last year, and she is still trying to convince me to go see him this year.
I'm pretty much like 'fuck that noise'