# Spider-Man, the Musical! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917 "2007-04-20T11:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/1 "2007-04-20T11:43:19Z")
Bono and the Edge will provide the tunes and lyrics, and Julie Taymor will direct, according to this Marvel Studios [statement.](http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?Feed=BW&Date=20070420&ID=6775400) No opening date confirmed yet. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/2 "2007-04-20T12:00:16Z")
_Spiderman Spiderman Does whatever a Spider can…_ ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/3 "2007-04-20T12:49:11Z")
Wow, does that sound like a trainwreck in the making! It’ll be like Tarzan, with puppets… ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/4 "2007-04-20T13:07:12Z")
Criminals are a cowardly, superstitious lot / they rob and they steal but they always get caught… BATMAN! Hey, if it was good enough for Captain America, Peanuts, The Last Starfighter, and Doonesbury, it’s good enough for Spidey. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/5 "2007-04-20T13:08:46Z")
A Musical? About Spiderman? You might as well do one about The King of Siam or even the common housecat. ---
**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/6 "2007-04-20T15:54:54Z")
Mary Jane, say it loud and there’s music playing, say it soft and it’s almost like prayinggggggg. Or the alien costume; Sling once again with me, your strange silhouette My power over you grows stronger yet. And though you turn from me, to glance behind The alien symbiote is there, inside your mind. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/7 "2007-04-20T16:03:30Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] Criminals are a cowardly, superstitious lot / they rob and they steal but they always get caught… BATMAN! [/QUOTE] Apparently, there was going to be a Batman musical, but it never made it to the stage. Same thing with Captain America. Superman made it, but didn’t fare well. There must be some strange superhero-musical meme I’m not aware of. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/8 "2007-04-20T17:26:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Apparently, there was going to be a Batman musical, but it never made it to the stage. Same thing with Captain America. Superman made it, but didn’t fare well. There must be some strange superhero-musical meme I’m not aware of. Non-musical stasge superheros have fared well, though. **Warp** was put on at two widely separated times by Chicago’s Organic Theater Company, and later appeared as a comic book inspired by the show (Although the show flopped when it played in New York) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/9 "2007-04-20T18:10:23Z")
\*Evil Dead: The Musical \* is apparently pretty awesome. I also remember hearing about Neil Gaiman collaborating on a _Sandman_ musical with Stephen Merritt of the Magnetic Fields (and collaborator with Daniel “Lemony Snicket” Handler in the Gothic Archies). That project seems to have fallen by the wayside, though. As for this, I have all the faith in the world in Julie Taymor, especially after seeing her awe-inspiring _Lion King_ musical on the stage earlier this year. Her films _Frida_ and _Titus_ are visual spectacles on par with the most interesting movies by Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, and Michael Gondry. I also respect Bono and The Edge as musicians, and I know they are huge comic book fanboys who would be tickled and honored to work on a Spider-Man musical. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/10 "2007-04-20T18:48:13Z")
Even musicals that sound like they could be about superheros tank. Witness [The Capeman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Capeman). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/11 "2007-04-20T20:06:01Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] \*Evil Dead: The Musical \* is apparently pretty awesome. [/QUOTE] I’ve seen it, and “awesome” doesn’t even begin to describe how great it is. “Religious” might be a better word. I’m only exaggerating a little bit. 😉 Of course, I sincerely doubt that Taymor will be able to replicate the success of _Evil Dead_ by dumping gallons of blood on the audience. Webbing, maybe. (“Mildred? What’s this white stuff you’re covered with? It’s all sticky…”) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-the-musical/400917/12 "2007-04-20T21:48:26Z")
A Spider-Man musical? I wonder why [no one has tried this before](http://www.amazon.com/Spider-man-Reflections-Superhero-Stan-Lee/dp/B00004TQXY)?