SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark Tickets

Most of what makes this a $65 million show was what made it so good. Take that out and it is mediocre, with a slow moving plot line. We felt it was a bit long and there was too much of the Achridia lady...too dark for kids. However, just to see what they did in a theatre that size is worth the price of admission!

Everyone knows that the only reason to go see this turkey is for the schadenfraude of seeing one of the actors fall from the overly elaborate flying appartati. However, after seeing Saturday's 8PM performance, I felt so bad for the cast -- who are generally talented -- that I wouldn't have been able to enjoy seeing any of them injured. The director and producers of this fiasco, however, should be shamed out the industry. Music by Bono/Edge is OK and would be more impactful if the script wasn't so weak / audience cared at all about the characters. Likewise, set is beautiful but overshadowed by the conspicuous mechanics for flight/aerial fight scenes (all of which required the production to halt during our performance). Story/plot is also incredibly weak and struggles to merge a dense storyline that everyone already knows with a bunch of incoherrent drivel about greek mythology that never pays off and only prolongs the pain. Very stripped down productions tied to the music could work as either a childten's musical (losing the trippy mythology stuff) or adult fare (losing the retelling of the base story) could work without all the flying crap but would unlikely recoup the production cost. Aweful.. just aweful

By investigating the mythological Arachne--a magical weaver whose creations look impossibly real--Taymor tries to explore her own remarkable theatrical gifts; Taymor has, after all, been weaving beautiful and surprising theatrical performances for decades. This musical, however, goes badly astray. Aside from the famous special effects--and, better than the flying is the straight-down view from the top of the Chrysler Building--the music is tunelessly bland and forgettable (in fact, already forgotten), the lyrics very difficult to hear, the story chaotic and reliant on gimmicks, and the ending bizarrely weak and unconvincing. With a great budget comes great responsibility, and this Spider Man falls terribly short of that responsibility.

The Spider-man experience was about what we'd come to expect: an emphasis on the spectacle, rather than the story. Director Julie Taymor is clearly a genius of stagecraft, but she is also listed as the co-writer, and that's where things fell down. The heart of the Spider-man story is the relationship between Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, and in this show, the two main characters are completely upstaged by the scenery. They appear small. There is precious little humor, despite the presence of old pro Patrick Page as the Green Goblin. The music is forgettable and not in keeping with musical theater tradition; you don't leave the theater humming anything. What Taymor has added to the story is a strange, and often bizarre, mishmosh of a Greek god myth and Grimm's fairy tale, which brings to life extremely corny, Power Ranger style villains. Though the flying acrobatics are fine, the characters often land out of the viewing range of much of the audience. Overall, the movie is a far more satisfying experience.

You'll love it! It's Stan Lee meets Cirque Du Soleil meets The Wall meets Dr. Seuss meets Nascar meets Bono in tights! It's amazing what the cast has to be great at: Acting, Singing AND High Wire acrobats!

I took my wife and 2 children (age 8,10) to the 2/5 matinee. I am not a big fan of Broadway plays, but I am a fan of Spiderman and U2. I did not love the music but the sets and the action were extraordinary. Everyone loved it. I do not understand all of the reviews bashing this show. It got a standing ovation.

We felt the stage setting,design and choreography absolutely amazing! Scene transitions great. Colors & perspectives & acrobatics above and beyond anything seen before.

Wow..great show. a few flying problems.. Still a great show. Love the Sets, the music. this is a play that should not be miss... slow for the little ones, but once the bad guys start coming......small hands will be giving you a firm grip on your arm. It was a fun evening.

I took my husband and Ivy League son and thought they would hate it. Everyone agreed it was amazing entertainment. No one will be bored and the music is fabulous. For a few hours you forget about everything but the show.

Still working out a couple of technical details, but an impressive production.

The show was good, the music was great, the 'stunts' were cool and worthy of the hype. The story was what disappointed me. For the most part it was the Peter Parker/Spider-man beginnings story but they threw in the Arachne storyline from Greek Mythology and a group of teenagers that seemed to be "writing" the comic book as the show went along. The actors were great, singing and music were great and they kept a cool comic book look and feel to the sets and action but the story was a little disappointing and they could have gone a different route than the Arachne story. I would recommend it though, especially for Spider-man and U2 fans.

The first half of the show is quite impressive and you feel like you just signed up for something really good. Even the technical difficulties made the first half a joy to witness. Sadly, however, the second half leaves you wanting and wondering if this play is still about Spiderman or just two random people singing after every line is delivered. My biggest suggestion would be to cut a couple of songs off and add a lot more action scenes. This is a Spiderman show after all, know your target audience, please them and the rest will come.

I went in preview... not a comic book type story fan but I wanted to see the effects. They were great. Clever and innovative. The rest bored me: dull story, no memorable music, too much flying around. Fine for kids or real Spiderman fans, but not a good evening of tehater.

This was a great show, both me and my boyfriend loved it! We sat in Orch. towards the left side and it was perfect. Really any seat in the house is perfect. I would recommend anyone to see this show.

The monotonous music - - thump rock mixed with entirely forgettable ballads, is relieved by the high jinks. It's a comic book story, so it's not fair to expect something more, but the characters seem shapeless and generic, even for the comics. Still, the special effects are very good, and kids all around me seemed to be having a good time.

The scenery, costumes, and special effects in the play, Spiderman Turn Off the Dark, are fantastic - some of the best on Broadway. The music is interesting and vibrant, but there isn't one memorable song. The plot, which follows the comic book for the most part, needs to be better developed and fine-tuned to hold the audience' attention. The play is very slow in parts and could easily be shortened by a half an hour with no loss to the story line.

Lousy music. First 15 minutes interesting, after that boring. Incredbibly bad story,

We loved the show, but 1.It does need to be shorter - tightened and some scenes eliminated 2. the acoustics need to be toned down - it is hard to decipher what is being said. 3. it would help if the dialogue flashed across a screen so the performers don't have to shout 4. The technical aspects were over the top, amazing

I thouhgt that the show was too long and the music in the first arct was uninteresting. The secon act was better

The entire show was amazing- from the music, songs, decor, choreography and sets! Costumes were great, dancing was amazing! story was a bit different than the movie but all in all it was truly entertaining. The aerial spider-man and green goblin moves were great ... it was worth every minute of it!