Bono's Musical is Shiite!

Degsy

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/72133,people,entertainment,spider-man-left-hanging-at-bonos-musical-debut

After huge delays, injured performers and a production bill of $65 million, Bono’s musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark made its much-anticipated debut at New York’s Foxwoods Theatre last night, with audience members chronicling the entire event on Twitter.
Directed by Julie Taymor, the woman behind the hit musical The Lion King, and featuring an original score by U2’s The Edge and Bono, Spider-Man has been eight years in the making and is the most expensive Broadway production ever made.
The good news for Bono is that parts of the show were said to be spectacular, with groundbreaking aerial work choreographed by the famous acrobatic company Cirque du Soleil. But the first preview was riddled with production problems, which saw Spider-Man actor Reeve Carney left hanging above the audience before a stage hand could fish him down. Very unbecoming for a superhero.
There were stoppages throughout the three-and-a half-hour show, with the first act alone interrupted four times, prompting one disgruntled member of the audience to ask for a refund. In some scenes parts of the set were missing, as were some of the actors who missed their marks amid the confusion.
The New York Post reports: "Last night's opening preview was an epic flop… Stunned audience members were left scratching their heads over the confusing plot - when they weren't ducking for cover from falling equipment and dangling actors."
The pièce de résistance came when actress Natalie Mendoza, who plays the radioactive spider Arachne, was left hanging above the audience for an excruciating eight minutes.
Despite all of this, most industry insiders and fans understood that the whole point of a preview is to iron out these problems. As TomHTweets posted on Twitter: "Spidey got stuck over audience just before the break, but overall: WOW on flying thru theater."
With six weeks to go before the show officially opens on January 11, Taymor still has time to make sure her leading actors are not left hanging around.
As for Bono and The Edge, they were not in town for the preview, having joined the rest of U2 on tour in Australia. "They're lucky, they've gotten out of Dodge," one cast member told the Daily Mail. "It's too bad they're not here to help defend their work."

Looks like everybody's favourite preacher's attempts to make a few more bob havnt been going as planned...hasnt the little creep got enough money already?

easyeason3

Bono is shiite.

DHYNZY

When they have all the problems ironed out it will be a spectacular show. Obviously something as ambitious as this will have issues in the first run of shows, its dangerous as hell! I'd definitely go see it, looks like a spectacular show.

I also heard that they have to sell it out every night for 3 years straight to just break even.

FatherLen

well he did try and make spiderman gay by putting it into the theatre!

pablomakaveli

Bono's failings make me smile.

humanji

Degsy wrote: »

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/72133,people,entertainment,spider-man-left-hanging-at-bonos-musical-debut

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Looks like everybody's favourite preacher's attempts to make a few more bob havnt been going as planned...hasnt the little creep got enough money already?[/LEFT]

For someone who supposedly hates Bone, you sure do follow his career an awful lot. :P

easyeason3

humanji wrote: »

For someone who supposedly hates Bone, you sure do follow his career an awful lot. :P

Who's Bone?

ejmaztec

DHYNZY wrote: »

When they have all the problems ironed out it will be a spectacular show. Obviously something as ambitious as this will have issues in the first run of shows, its dangerous as hell! I'd definitely go see it, looks like a spectacular show.

I also heard that they have to sell it out every night for 3 years straight to just break even.

Bad news travels fast in showbiz, so Bono will have to pay people to go and see it, hoping that they don't get killed when the roof collapses.

He's deluded, not only about his importance in the world, but also about his talent.

ucdmike

easyeason3 wrote: »

Who's Bone?

Anyone with half a brain cell would realise that he meant to write Bono. Bone was quite obviously a tpyo.

easyeason3

ucdmike wrote: »

Anyone with half a brain cell would realise that he meant to write Bono. Bone was quite obviously a tpyo.

Sorry, I'm working off a third of a brain cell recently.

What's a tpyo?

achtungbarry

So how many hit Broadway musicals have you produced OP?

For that matter, how many multi million selling albums have you made, how many massively successful tours have you gone on? In how many countries do you have legions of fans?

Well.....

amacachi

Check the date, it was mentioned on RTE as well at the time and it was a preview screening which are kinda used to find these bugs.

Obviously I'd love if U2's musical did fail but it's not going to.

amacachi

achtungbarry wrote: »

So how many hit Broadway musicals have you produced OP?

For that matter, how many multi million selling albums have you made, how many massively successful tours have you gone on? In how many countries do you have legions of fans?

Well.....

Is that you Gary Glitter? Ya fcuk one kid... eh?

bullpost

So the spider eats the fly

iPlop

achtungbarry wrote: »

So how many hit Broadway musicals have you produced OP?

For that matter, how many multi million selling albums have you made, how many massively successful tours have you gone on? In how many countries do you have legions of fans?

Well.....

Bono is shite

juma

How original, I thread started to moan about U2 and Bono. You just have to laugh at how bitter some people are towards successful Irish people, obsessing over their own need to see them fail. Sadly for you Degsy, this musical wont have much of an affect on U2's success in the music industry.

easyeason3 wrote: »

What's a tpyo?

I think your missing the point of that post....

Degsy

achtungbarry wrote: »

So how many hit Broadway musicals have you produced OP?

For that matter, how many multi million selling albums have you made, how many massively successful tours have you gone on? In how many countries do you have legions of fans?

Well.....

Well..at least i never sued somebody over a pair of trousers and a cowboy hat..at least i pay tax in this country and at least i dont prate on about how much money we should be giving to africa whilst trousering millions a year for myself.

The man will die roaring.

biko

http://www.answers.com/topic/shiite

achtungbarry

Degsy wrote: »

Well..at least i never sued somebody over a pair of trousers and a cowboy hat..at least i pay tax in this country and at least i dont prate on about how much money we should be giving to africa whilst trousering millions a year for myself.

The man will die roaring.

So, you gonna answer my question?

Also.... How many bitter threads have you started to gloat over a minor hiccup in the career of somebody who is wildly more successful than you can ever dream to be?

ejmaztec

bullpost wrote: »

So the spider eats the fly

They should get rid of Spiderman, and replace him with Bono. They could then rename the musical "Flies on sh1t".

bonerm

So can the audience see up Mary Janes skirt in this thing?

ejmaztec

achtungbarry wrote: »

So, you gonna answer the question?

I think that most sensible people wouldn't embarrass themselves by putting their reputation on the line to produce crap.

I think the attitude of everyone involved was probably "Let's make some money setting this up, and if it turns to sh1t, who cares"

biko

Please use the Musicals forum.
Referring to Bono as shiite, creepy, blah isn't allowed there nor here.