The long-in-the-works Spider-Man musical has an official opening date.
“Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” directed by Julie Taymor with music and lyrics by Bono and the Edge, will open on Broadway on Feb. 18. Preview performances start Jan. 16.
Producing are Hello Entertainment’s David Garfinkle, Martin McCallum, Marvel Entertainment’s David Maisel, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Jeremiah Harris.While no castings have taken place, Taymor has been conducting table readings with the young stars of her movie “Across the Universe,” Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood.
Sturgess is not expected to join the musical as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, though Wood has publicly said the role of Spider-Man’s Mary Jane Watson was hers.
