It’s hard to deny that Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark ‘s long and frequently disastrous production seemed to improve precipitously after the departure of original director Julie Taymor , and the musical just raked in the biggest single-week box office in Broadway history. That week was the days between Christmas and New Years, quite the popular time to go see a show… also a pretty popular time to visit New York if you’re not generally just hanging around the Tri-State area.
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(Reuters) - The producers of Broadway's version of "Spider-Man" filed a countersuit against the musical's ousted director Julie Taymor on Tuesday, accusing her of jeopardizing the production by not caring about ticket sales. The 66-page filing submitted in federal court in New York by producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris , accuses Taymor of "developing a dark, disjointed and hallucinogenic musical," and it comes in response to Taylor's lawsuit against them which she filed in November...Read Full Story
Daily Gossip “Spider-Man” Broadway producers sue director Taymor Daily Gossip Reuters reports that the producers of the Broadway version of “Spider-Man” sued director Julie Taymor on Tuesday. Their discontent comes from the fact that the musical's director doesn't seem to care about ticket sales. Julie Taymor's version of the ... 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' producers say Julie Taymor sabotaged show New York Daily News 'Spider-Man' Producers Sue Taymor for Breach New York Times 'Spider-Man...Read Full Story
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Julie Taymor is doing whatever a director can: staking her rightful artistic claims.
The helmer of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark , the critically maligned if profitable budget-busting Broadway musical that made headlines last year for a series of high-profile accidents, is suing the producers who booted her off the show.
According to The Hollywood Reporter , the complaint filed in federal court in New York City claims that despite receiving an...Read Full Story
NEW YORK ( Reuters ) - Lending some credence to the old maxim that there's no such thing as bad publicity, the infamous musical "Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark " has broken house records on the eve of its first anniversary on Broadway. The $70 million show, which was plagued by a series of stunt-related cast injuries in its early days, not to mention a record-length preview period which eventually brought director Julie Taymor 's ouster, broke the Foxwood Theatre's house record last week...Read Full Story
NEW YORK (AP) - Producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" have fired back in their legal fight with one-time director Julie Taymor, claiming the woman who they once called a visionary later failed to fulfill her legal obligations, wrote a ...
Deadline reports that more negative attention is surrounding the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark - which has received much negativity over the past year, but is currently very successful at Broadway . In response to former director Julie Taymor's ...
The producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark" on Tuesday responded to a lawsuit from the musical's former director with one of their own. In their countersuit, the producers say Julie Taymor did not fulfill her legal obligations to the show ...
The producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" bit back at ousted director Julie Taymor today with a stinging counter-suit that says she poisoned their $75 million show by acting like a drama queen. Court papers accuse Taymor of refusing to develop a ...
Michael Cohl and Jeremiah Harris added it was "disjointed" and Taymor refused to make changes when it faced problems. Taymor, who was sacked from the Broadway show in March, sued the producers over unpaid royalties. Problematic in the beginning ...
Julie Taymor (born December 15 , 1952 ) is an American director of Broadway theatre and film. Taymor's work has received many accolades from critics, and she has earned two Tony ...
Tonight Anna Shapiro ("August: Osage County") became the fourth woman to win an award for directing during the 61 years of Tonys history. Previous champs: Julie Taymor ("The Lion King") and Garry Hynes ("The Beauty Queen of Leenane") in 1998, Susan ...