Off-Broadways The New Group has just announced its 2012-2013 season, featuring three world premiere productions. As the season launch in Fall 2012, Scott Elliott, Artistic Director of The New Group, directs Francine Volpes The Good Mother, featuring Gretchen Mol. Jonathan Marc Shermans new work Clive arrives in Winter 2013, directed by and featuring Ethan Hawke in the title role. Spring 2013 ushers in the premiere of a new musical at The New Group, Bunty Berman Presents..., by Ayub Khan Din music, book, lyrics and Paul Bogaev music, directed by Scott Elliott.
- 5/22/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Comic book writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa started re-tooling the troubled Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark with the new creative team of director Philip William McKinley, sound designer Peter Hylenski and musical consultant Paul Bogaev soon after original director Julie Taymor's departure. His efforts paid off with strong attendance for the revamped production. According to Deadline, Aguirre-Sacasa’s high profile retooling of the Broadway Spider-Man led to some very big Hollywood gigs. Aguirre-Sacasa signed on to become a co-producer and writer on the hit Fox musical comedy Glee.
- 5/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Comic book writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa started re-tooling the troubled Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark with the new creative team of director Philip William McKinley, sound designer Peter Hylenski and musical consultant Paul Bogaev soon after original director Julie Taymor's departure. His efforts paid off with strong attendance for the revamped production. According to Deadline, Aguirre-Sacasa’s high profile retooling of the Broadway Spider-Man led to some very big Hollywood gigs. Aguirre-Sacasa signed on to become a co-producer and writer on the hit Fox musical comedy Glee.
- 5/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Comic book writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa started re-tooling the troubled Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark with the new creative team of director Philip William McKinley, sound designer Peter Hylenski and musical consultant Paul Bogaev soon after original director Julie Taymor's departure. His efforts paid off with strong attendance for the revamped production. According to Deadline, Aguirre-Sacasa’s high profile retooling of the Broadway Spider-Man led to some very big Hollywood gigs. Aguirre-Sacasa signed on to become a co-producer and writer on the hit Fox musical comedy Glee.
- 5/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Producers promised fans as well as critics that Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark would only remain shuttered for three weeks while replacement director Philip William McKinley and newly hired comic book writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa retool the show for its May 12 rebirth. According to Deadline, the new creative team including sound designer Peter Hylenski, musical consultant Paul Bogaev worked hard at creating a new version that will make people forget about the production snafus and injured actors.
- 4/18/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Producers promised fans as well as critics that Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark would only remain shuttered for three weeks while replacement director Philip William McKinley and newly hired comic book writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa retool the show for its May 12 rebirth. According to Deadline, the new creative team including sound designer Peter Hylenski, musical consultant Paul Bogaev worked hard at creating a new version that will make people forget about the production snafus and injured actors.
- 4/18/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Producers promised fans as well as critics that Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark would only remain shuttered for three weeks while replacement director Philip William McKinley and newly hired comic book writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa retool the show for its May 12 rebirth. According to Deadline, the new creative team including sound designer Peter Hylenski, musical consultant Paul Bogaev worked hard at creating a new version that will make people forget about the production snafus and injured actors.
- 4/18/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Producers promised fans as well as critics that Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark would only remain shuttered for three weeks while replacement director Philip William McKinley and newly hired comic book writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa retool the show for its May 12 rebirth. According to Deadline, the new creative team including sound designer Peter Hylenski, musical consultant Paul Bogaev worked hard at creating a new version that will make people forget about the production snafus and injured actors.
- 4/18/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Producers called the final shows “historic" and fans rushed to weekend performances for a last chance to see the original production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark before it shuts down and re-opens as an entirely revamped show May 12. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new creative team of director Philip William McKinley, sound designer Peter Hylenski, musical consultant Paul Bogaev and comic book writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa started re-tooling the show after original director Julie Taymor’s departure.
- 4/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Producers called the final shows “historic" and fans rushed to weekend performances for a last chance to see the original production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark before it shuts down and re-opens as an entirely revamped show May 12. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new creative team of director Philip William McKinley, sound designer Peter Hylenski, musical consultant Paul Bogaev and comic book writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa started re-tooling the show after original director Julie Taymor’s departure.
- 4/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Producers called the final shows “historic" and fans rushed to weekend performances for a last chance to see the original production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark before it shuts down and re-opens as an entirely revamped show May 12. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new creative team of director Philip William McKinley, sound designer Peter Hylenski, musical consultant Paul Bogaev and comic book writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa started re-tooling the show after original director Julie Taymor’s departure.
- 4/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
After several highly publicized setbacks to the production of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, director Julie Taymor has stepped down from her prominent position with the production.
In a statement released earlier this morning, Turn off the Dark producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J Harris gave praise to Taymor's vision of the superhero stage play and insisted that she will be a part of the production but in a reduced capacity.
After its premiere was cancelled and rescheduled several times, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark was supposed to have its official opening night next week, March 15. That date has been postponed yet again to an unspecified time in the early summer of 2011.
As Bono and The Edge work on incorporating two new songs into the show, and Spider-Man comic book writer/playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacas works on fine-tuning the story, experienced Broadway director Phil McKinley has been hired to replace Taymor's role.
In a statement released earlier this morning, Turn off the Dark producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J Harris gave praise to Taymor's vision of the superhero stage play and insisted that she will be a part of the production but in a reduced capacity.
After its premiere was cancelled and rescheduled several times, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark was supposed to have its official opening night next week, March 15. That date has been postponed yet again to an unspecified time in the early summer of 2011.
As Bono and The Edge work on incorporating two new songs into the show, and Spider-Man comic book writer/playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacas works on fine-tuning the story, experienced Broadway director Phil McKinley has been hired to replace Taymor's role.
- 3/10/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Film and theatre director Julie Taymor has left the troubled musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark after further delays in its production. The spectacular-looking show intended to open after a massive run of previews on 15th March but has now suffered new set-backs due to Taymor’s departure.
A new “creative team” has been drafted in to re-write some parts of the show and to make sure audiences finally get to see it in a proper theatrical run. Playwright and Spider-Man comic book writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, theatre director Phil McKinley, “musical consultant” Paul Bogaev and Peter Hylenski have joined the production.
Taymor co-wrote the $65 million dollar and counting musical and U2′s Bono and The Edge provided songs. In a press statement the show’s producers said:
“We cannot exaggerate how technically difficult it is to make such changes to a show of this complexity. This is an epic ride...
A new “creative team” has been drafted in to re-write some parts of the show and to make sure audiences finally get to see it in a proper theatrical run. Playwright and Spider-Man comic book writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, theatre director Phil McKinley, “musical consultant” Paul Bogaev and Peter Hylenski have joined the production.
Taymor co-wrote the $65 million dollar and counting musical and U2′s Bono and The Edge provided songs. In a press statement the show’s producers said:
“We cannot exaggerate how technically difficult it is to make such changes to a show of this complexity. This is an epic ride...
- 3/10/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Getty Julianne Moore may play Sarah Palin in a new movie.
Julianne Moore to play Sarah Palin?; Julie Taymor ousted from helm of “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark”…
Julianne Moore to Play Sarah Palin?: Who will play Sarah Palin in the HBO adaptation of “Game Change?” If you guessed Tina Fey, then you’re wrong. According to a report in Entertainment Weekly, Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore (“The Kids Are Alright,” “Far From Heaven,” “Boogie Nights”) has landed the role.
Julianne Moore to play Sarah Palin?; Julie Taymor ousted from helm of “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark”…
Julianne Moore to Play Sarah Palin?: Who will play Sarah Palin in the HBO adaptation of “Game Change?” If you guessed Tina Fey, then you’re wrong. According to a report in Entertainment Weekly, Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore (“The Kids Are Alright,” “Far From Heaven,” “Boogie Nights”) has landed the role.
- 3/10/2011
- by Lyneka Little
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Toronto-based producer Michael Cohl and co-producer Jeremiah J. Harris report that the Broadway musical, "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark" has a new creative team in place, "...to implement a new plan to make significant revisions to the Broadway musical production..."
Opening night (previously set for March 15, 2011) has been rescheduled to early summer, 2011, which will include revisions to the script, with Philip William McKinley and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa implementing new staging/book rewrites. The expanded creative team also includes musical consultant Paul Bogaev ("Tarzan"), and sound designer Peter Hylenski ("Elf").
"Julie Taymor ("The Lion King") is not leaving the creative team," said Cohl and Harris. "Her vision has been at the heart of this production since its inception and will continue to be so."
"Julie is a truly gifted and imaginative director," said music score composers Bono and the Edge. "This is an epic ride, and the standing ovations we have seen...
Opening night (previously set for March 15, 2011) has been rescheduled to early summer, 2011, which will include revisions to the script, with Philip William McKinley and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa implementing new staging/book rewrites. The expanded creative team also includes musical consultant Paul Bogaev ("Tarzan"), and sound designer Peter Hylenski ("Elf").
"Julie Taymor ("The Lion King") is not leaving the creative team," said Cohl and Harris. "Her vision has been at the heart of this production since its inception and will continue to be so."
"Julie is a truly gifted and imaginative director," said music score composers Bono and the Edge. "This is an epic ride, and the standing ovations we have seen...
- 3/10/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Looks like writer/director Julie Taymor is getting some much-needed help with the troubled tuner "Turn Off the Dark" after all. On Thursday, producers announced that "Philip William McKinley and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa have joined the creative team to help implement new staging and book rewrites, respectively. McKinley has vast experience directing technically complex productions on Broadway ["The Boy From Oz"] and beyond. Aguirre-Sacasa is both an acclaimed playwright and a noted writer of Spider-Man comic books." In addition, "the expanded creative team also includes musical consultant Paul Bogaev ("Tarzan," "Bombay Dreams," "Aida," "Sunset Boulevard") and sound designer Peter Hylenski ("Elf," "Scottsboro Boys," "Rock of Ages," "Shrek"), both of whom have already been working on improving the musical arrangements and sound quality (respectively) over the past...
- 3/10/2011
- Gold Derby
After days of reports speculating on the fate of the embattled Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the show’s producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris officially announced today that Julie Taymor will no longer be continuing her day-to-day duties as the director and co-book writer. The $65 million show will under go “significant” revisions, and the opening night has been pushed from March 15 to a non-specified date in “early summer, 2011.” As such, the producers stated that “Julie’s previous commitments mean that past March 15th, she cannot work the 24/7 necessary to make the changes in the production...
- 3/10/2011
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW.com - PopWatch
New York, NY – Lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris announced today that Spider-man Turn Off The Dark has a newly expanded creative team in place. The team will be implementing a new plan to make significant and exciting revisions to the production. Opening night (previously set for March 15, 2011) has been rescheduled to an evening in early summer, 2011. This amended schedule will allow the time necessary to execute the plan, which will include revisions to the script. The additional time commitment required by this new plan will make it impossible for director and co-book writer Julie Taymor to continue on in her day-to-day duties with the production. Philip William McKinley and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa have joined the creative team to help implement new staging and book rewrites, respectively. McKinley has vast experience directing technically complex productions on Broadway and beyond. Aguirre-Sacasa is both an acclaimed playwright and a noted writer of Spider-Man comic books.
- 3/10/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Opening night (previously set for March 15, 2011) has been rescheduled to an evening in early summer, 2011. This amended schedule will allow the time necessary to execute the plan, which will include revisions to the script. The additional time commitment required by this new plan will make it impossible for director and co-book writer Julie Taymor to continue on in her day-to-day duties with the production. Philip William McKinley and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa have joined the creative team to help implement new staging and book rewrites, respectively. McKinley has vast experience directing technically complex productions on Broadway and beyond. Aguirre-Sacasa is both an acclaimed playwright and a noted writer of Spider-Man comic books. The expanded creative team also includes musical consultant Paul Bogaev (Tarzan, Bombay Dreams, Aida, Sunset Boulevard) and sound designer Peter Hylenski (Elf, Scottsboro Boys, Rock of Ages, Shrek), both of whom have already been working on improving the musical...
- 3/10/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Will a week ever pass without Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark news? Apparently not: Amid rumors that the musical’s official opening might be postponed a sixth time (the show’s reps assured EW on Tuesday that they’re still aiming for the planned March 15 premiere), producers hired musical supervisor Paul Bogaev (Aida) to help Julie Taymor, Bono, and Co. rejigger the play. Turning around the problematic production in under a month could take superhuman effort — but Bogaev has major cred when it comes to wrangling high-concept spectacles (like the roller skating-heavy Starlight Express) and rock musicians-cum-composers (like Aida’s Elton John).
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- 2/25/2011
- by Aubry D'Arminio
- EW.com - PopWatch
'To give the kind of performance you want to give, there's no room for fear,' T.V. Carpio tells MTV News.
By Eric Ditzian
T.V. Carpio
Photo: Dario Cantatore/ WireImage
"Things are constantly changing. It's a very creative process," T.V. Carpio told MTV News, explaining the seemingly ever-shifting nature of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
For some observers on the outside looking in, that might come off as spin, an "it's all good" mentality meant to calm the public while inside the musical's playhouse, "Spider-Man" continues to struggle to find its creative footing. But to Carpio, it's all part of the inspirational process of working with Julie Taymor, the visionary behind the "Lion King" musical and films like 2007's "Across the Universe."
"You have to be down to jump, because Julie is always having these crazy visions," said Carpio, who took on the role of the villainess Arachne after the original actress left the production.
By Eric Ditzian
T.V. Carpio
Photo: Dario Cantatore/ WireImage
"Things are constantly changing. It's a very creative process," T.V. Carpio told MTV News, explaining the seemingly ever-shifting nature of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
For some observers on the outside looking in, that might come off as spin, an "it's all good" mentality meant to calm the public while inside the musical's playhouse, "Spider-Man" continues to struggle to find its creative footing. But to Carpio, it's all part of the inspirational process of working with Julie Taymor, the visionary behind the "Lion King" musical and films like 2007's "Across the Universe."
"You have to be down to jump, because Julie is always having these crazy visions," said Carpio, who took on the role of the villainess Arachne after the original actress left the production.
- 2/23/2011
- MTV Music News
'To give the kind of performance you want to give, there's no room for fear,' T.V. Carpio tells MTV News.
By Eric Ditzian
T.V. Carpio
Photo: Dario Cantatore/ WireImage
"Things are constantly changing. It's a very creative process," T.V. Carpio told MTV News, explaining the seemingly ever-shifting nature of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
For some observers on the outside looking in, that might come off as spin, an "it's all good" mentality meant to calm the public while inside the musical's playhouse, "Spider-Man" continues to struggle to find its creative footing. But to Carpio, it's all part of the inspirational process of working with Julie Taymor, the visionary behind the "Lion King" musical and films like 2007's "Across the Universe."
"You have to be down to jump, because Julie is always having these crazy visions," said Carpio, who took on the role of the villainess Arachne after the original actress left the production.
By Eric Ditzian
T.V. Carpio
Photo: Dario Cantatore/ WireImage
"Things are constantly changing. It's a very creative process," T.V. Carpio told MTV News, explaining the seemingly ever-shifting nature of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
For some observers on the outside looking in, that might come off as spin, an "it's all good" mentality meant to calm the public while inside the musical's playhouse, "Spider-Man" continues to struggle to find its creative footing. But to Carpio, it's all part of the inspirational process of working with Julie Taymor, the visionary behind the "Lion King" musical and films like 2007's "Across the Universe."
"You have to be down to jump, because Julie is always having these crazy visions," said Carpio, who took on the role of the villainess Arachne after the original actress left the production.
- 2/23/2011
- MTV Movie News
For "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark," even the fifth time might not be the charm.
Following the news that the official opening of “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark” would be delayed a fifth time—now scheduled to open March 15—critics lashed out at the musical, taking it to task on aspects many have seen as problematic — among them, its plot.
Since then, there’s been an apparent bit of scrambling within the musical’s camp. The latest intelligence, courtesy of The New York Times, looks to be the addition of veteran musical supervisor and conductor, Paul Bogaev.
Bogaev will act as “a consultant to help improve the performance, vocal and orchestration arrangements, and sound quality of the songs and numbers,” according to the production’s spokesman, Rick Miramontez.
This comes five days after the news that comic scribe Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa may already have joined the “Turn Off The Dark” team...
Following the news that the official opening of “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark” would be delayed a fifth time—now scheduled to open March 15—critics lashed out at the musical, taking it to task on aspects many have seen as problematic — among them, its plot.
Since then, there’s been an apparent bit of scrambling within the musical’s camp. The latest intelligence, courtesy of The New York Times, looks to be the addition of veteran musical supervisor and conductor, Paul Bogaev.
Bogaev will act as “a consultant to help improve the performance, vocal and orchestration arrangements, and sound quality of the songs and numbers,” according to the production’s spokesman, Rick Miramontez.
This comes five days after the news that comic scribe Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa may already have joined the “Turn Off The Dark” team...
- 2/22/2011
- by Rachel Molino
- MTV Splash Page
After the critical bashing endured [1] by the yet-to-open $65 million musical Spider-Man: Turn of the Dark, the changes began happening quickly. According to the New York Times Broadway vet Paul Bogaev has just been hired to "help improve the performance, vocal and orchestration arrangements," Bono and the Edge are currently writing new music and producers are talking to, but have not yet hired [2], veteran Spider-Man writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to re-work some of the book (Broadway speak for "script"). However, contrary to reports, the production has not hired a new director. And don't forget all of this is going down just three weeks before the show's fifth scheduled opening [3] on March 15. Also, in almost the biggest slap in the face yet, humorist and playwright Justin Moran has launched the Spider-Man Smackdown, an initiative to write, choreograph, compose and perform a Spider-Man musical for nothing and open it a day before Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark.
- 2/22/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
There was no shortage of directors on the London set of Nine. They came in all sizes, shapes and dimensions: the real, the reel and the creatively imagined. Rob Marshall from Chicago, the movie that brought musicals back into box-office favor, was the real muscle behind this $80.5 million musical remake of 8 1/2, and even he was obliged to do a deep bow to his film's cinematic roots.Hovering over Nine are the reel ghosts of 8 1/2—Marcello Mastroianni pretending to be Federico Fellini in the throes of filmmaker panic, careening into production without inspiration or script. For relief, their Guido takes a sharp left into Libidoland, consoling himself by conjuring up all the women he's loved (in his own fashion). "One of the joys of this," declares Marshall, "is that it isn't the sort of normal musical. It follows something very different. It doesn't take a narrative trajectory. It's in a man's mind,...
- 12/14/2009
- backstage.com
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