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WHAT do you call a $40 million theatrical extravaganza that features gigantic, perspective-skewing sets, 3-D projections, more aerial acrobatics than Cirque du Soleil, a cast of heroes and villains from Marvel comic books and a rock score by Bono and The Edge?
The phrase “Broadway musical” doesn’t seem grand enough to convey the size and scope of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” which is due to open in New York at the Hilton Theater in January 2010.
And, in fact, its director, Julie Taymor, who staged “The Lion King,” recently warned a group of theater insiders to steer clear of the word “musical.”
Spider-Man, she added, “is not going to sing and dance in tights.”
A better description of her show, she suggested, is a “circus rock-’n'-roll drama.”
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Meltcast 28: Spider-Man, Carl Jones, Boondocks, Iron Man 2, Return of Bruce Wayne
The Siege lifts as we step through the rubble and examine the final chapter of Marvel’s last gigantic event ever…for a while anyways. We also touch on the Avengers titles, the Sentry, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: SHED, DV8, THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, and the function of death in superhero comics. Carl Jones of FREAKNIK THE MUSICAL, the BOONDOCKS TV show (and Meltcast’s own logo!) fame surprises us with a visit and gives us a look into his process. And in our closing segment we discuss this week’s big movie at the box office – Tony Stark is back in IRON MAN 2, and the demon’s out of the bottle as our opinions runneth over!