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Your Friendy Neighorbhood Musical?

by Richard Pulfer

UltimateSpiderMan.bmpMy fellow blogger Tim at Wii Rally brought me some interesting news.

Apparently Marvel Studios is planning a Broadway rendition of Spider-Man, to be directed by Tony Award winner Julie Taymor (The Lion King, Across the Universe) with music and lyrics by Bono and the Edge.

I’m honestly surprised this has never been done. I’m not saying this is the best idea ever, or its a show I’ll instantly pay big bucks to see, but Spider-Man and rock music do kinda mix . . . i just don’t know about a Spider-Man musical. Every time I take a minute to picture it, I’m daunted by images of the brief but horrid clips I saw of a Superman musical in the late 60’s, which I saw during a documentary on the History Channel.

This is, however, the first Marvel character to make it to Broadway. Any other guesses for musical Marvel heroes?

Its not such a break to make Marvel’s Merry Mutants the Musical Mutants.

And I think Blade has a musical in him.

Okay, I’ll stop before people start throwing fruit.


Posted in Marvel on April 20th, 2007

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