U2 frontman agrees with poor reviews over Spider-man Musical

Mon, 23 May 2011

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark the musical is believed to be the most expensive Broadway show in history, having already cost $70 million to stage alone, it has been riddled with problems, actor injuries on set and further opening delays.

U2 frontman Bono and guitarist the Edge wrote songs for the musical which was postponed again to open to the public on New York Broadway in June 2011.  

In February critics covering the preview of the show panned in immediately, with the New York Times saying "The sheer ineptitude loses its shock value early. After 20 minutes, the question you ask yourself changes from, ‘How can $65 million look so cheap?’ to, ‘How long before I’m out of here?’"

Other reviews have also been less than complimentary of the production and Bono himself has admitted he was in agreement with the poor reviews.  

Speaking to ABC he revealed, "It might have been a little hard for some people around here to take it – but we don’t disagree. That’s the sort of stuff we were saying backstage. The last version had a lot of magic and mysterious stuff. It was beautiful in so many ways – it just didn’t cohere."

Since the preview run the musical had a change with Director Julie Taymor leaving to be replaced by Phil McKinley who had reportedly made changes to the show that was well-recieved.

A preview video can be viewed here on the official website.

The musical opens to the public in New York on June 10th.