Sep
23
So I pretty much lied through my teeth when I said I was going to see “The Fly: The Opera.” The reviews have been unkind, and the ticket prices are through the roof. You think $14 is a lot of money for a movie ticket at the ArcLight? Well, tix for “The Fly: The Opera” are as high as $250. $250?! For that kind of money, you could turn yourself into BrundleFly and still have enough left over for singing lessons.
I guess my fandom for “The Fly” has its limits. And as Dirty Harry said, “A man’s gotta know his limitations.” But what about Spider-Man? Well… I might just pay $250 to see Spidey croon. As luck would have it, IESB.net reports that “Spider-Man: The Musical” might be opening on Broadway as early as next year. Eat it, “Rent!”
Based on the character breakdowns, it appears that Spidey will be romancing Mary Jane and doing battle against the Green Goblin. There’s also a character named Arachne, loosely based on Spider-Woman (the Julia Carpenter one, not the Jessica Drew one). She sounds like she’ll bring sort of a New Agey vibe to the material. Apparently, there are spider-gods or something.
Bono has taken some time off from activism to co-write the score with his U2 bandmate, The Edge. I like U2. I don’t have any of their albums, but you really don’t need them, not if you’ve ever owned on a radio in the past twenty years. It’ll be interesting to see what they do with Spidey, even if it costs a couple hundred bucks for a ticket.
-Brad Lohan
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