Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark = Worst Musical of the Past 20 years?

Spider-Man, New York's favorite web-slinger, he's been in comic books, graphic novels, TV shows, and movies without to many problems (I maintain the Spider-Man 3 is the worst superhero movie ever) but he is going where he has never gone before, a Broadway stage.

Turn Off the Dark is being called the most technical musical ever produced with fight scenes taking place over the audience, crazy sound and lighting design, and a whole lot of rigging, but did it cross the line into too advanced. Several  actors have already been injured, a spine injury in one case where the actor playing Spider-Man fell INTO the orchestra pit.



Is this show the worst content wise? Probably not, Pinkalicious still exists unfortunately but I can't deny the fact that this show hasn't even officially been released and their already nearly killing actors and putting audience members in danger. It also is the MOST expensive Broadway production ever and it isn't looking like it's gonna make all of it back.

Musical Characters Part 6 of 6: Stine

Stine is a fitting end for the series of musical characters because he is such a different character than the rest.  Ever character shown so far is either good or bad, their is no question about who they are. Stine however is both. To call him good would be a stretch because he is womanizing and eager to do anything to make a buck. But near the end of City of Angels he changes his tune, winning back his wife and tearing up the script he wrote.

Stine is a novelist with the tendency to base his characters off people he knows, but his main character, Detective Stone, isn't anyone but what Stine wishes he was. In the song You're Nothing Without Me Stine argues with Stone. They both bring valid points but as the song ends this sing together this verse

A puppet, an upstart
A loser who's destined to fall
I'm everything you always wanted to be
Let's deal with the issue:
You wish you were me
You're nothing without me
Without me you're nothing ...

They both have reasons to be jealous about what the other has. Stine is kind of crazy because a large chunk of this musical is Stine talking to Stone. Stone is a character in a novel so who knows what's going on with him.

Stine all in all is one of the most changing characters in all of musical history, even Billy Bigelow bed an unmarried women, never married her, tried to commit theft, died, than struck his daughter when he came back to earth eventually being denied passage into heaven.

Stine is just an average writer, nothing special, just trying to find a place in this world.