Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History (46 page)

program credits,
330
–31

publicity for,
88
,
89
–93,
134
–37,
139
–40,
158
,
167
,
188
,
189
,
218
–19,
241
,
253
,
278
,
325
–26,
334
,
335
,
336

rehearsals,
74
,
128
–34,
138
,
178
–83,
231
,
301
,
306
,
309
–13

rewriting,
76
,
179
,
233
,
245
,
247
,
253
–54,
258
,
260
,
264
–65,
282
,
283
–87,
292
–93,
295
–306,
321
–24,
334

and safety inspectors,
166
,
170
,
171
,
182
,
205

schedules for,
42
,
74
,
83
–86,
88
,
92
,
101
,
121
,
128
,
166
,
167
,
170
,
173
,
197
–98,
214
–15,
220
,
243
–44,
247
,
317
–18

script for,
76

sets for,
61
–62,
77
,
83
–86,
117
,
148
–49

and Sinister Six,
79
,
80
–81,
168
,
190
,
229
,
311

technology of,
66
–71,
74
,
75
,
79
–81,
84
–85,
120
,
121
,
128
,
131
–32,
324
–25

Tech rehearsals for,
141
–50,
152
–59,
168
–72,
174
–75,
177
–78,
179
,
180
–81,
188
,
255
–57

ticket sales,
219
,
241
,
245
,
262
,
321
,
335
,
345

title song,
40
–41

and Tony Awards,
274
,
338
,
346

Turn Off the Dark
2
.0,
304
–6,
311
,
326
–31,
333
–43

web ring/net,
84
–85,
131
–32,
137
–38,
180
–81,
188
,
195
,
208
–9,
235

Spring Awakening,
40
–41,
123
,
297

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC),
306
,
337

Stahl, Leslie,
92
–93,
174
,
188

Star Trek Forever,
10
–11

Stein, Billy Jay,
161

Stephanopoulos, George,
134
–35,
218

Stoppard, Tom,
17
,
172

storytelling,
6
,
324
,
349

Stroman, Susan,
309

Sturgess, Jim:

and casting,
54
,
88
–89,
95
,
99
,
130

and early read-through,
54
,
55
,
56

singing,
70

tarantism,
289
–90,
297

Taymor, et al. v. 8 Legged Productions, LLC, et al.,
134

Taymor, Julie:

and Arachne myth,
13
,
40
,
280

and arbitration meeting,
271
–76

author’s excitement about working with,
4
,
7
,
19
,
20
,
23
,
40
,
43
–44,
51
,
110
,
133
–34,
151
,
194
,
213
,
226
,
244
,
256
–57,
259
,
263
,
267
,
269
,
271
,
273
,
276
–77,
298
,
331

awards to,
12
,
222
–23

brought on board,
13
–14,
331

and budgets,
47
–48,
63
,
77
,
108
–9,
120

and casting,
95
–100,
123
,
196

and contract,
26
,
290
–91

and credits,
330

and critics,
44
,
63
,
76
,
118
–20,
166
,
167
,
174
,
193
,
197
,
198

and feedback,
189
–90,
219
,
245
,
246
–47,
305

and illusion,
14
,
23
–24,
50
,
72
,
77
,
139
,
223
–26,
227
,
246
,
277
,
306
,
312

and Indonesian dancers,
177
,
223
–24,
246
,
294

and injuries,
201
,
203
,
204
–7

lack of communication with,
22
–25,
213
–16,
220
,
235
–38

lawsuits of,
134
,
304
,
337
,
338
,
348
–49

and
Lion King,
13
,
14
,
24
,
48
,
62
,
69
,
99
,
142
,
145
,
246
,
277
,
348

and Marvel,
55
–59

and the music,
30
,
41
–42,
44
–45,
49
–50,
65
,
87
,
93
–94,
159
,
160
,
161
,
222

and opening night,
4
,
197
–98,
334
,
336
,
337
–41

out the door,
207
–9,
215
,
241
,
242
–43,
256
,
261
–63,
279
–80,
283
,
305
,
313
,
333

persuasive powers of,
19
–20,
24
,
35
,
65
,
74

and Plans A-C/X,
212
–16,
218
–22,
234
,
240
,
258
–59,
266
–67,
279
–80

and previews,
183
,
187
,
188
,
189
–90,
222
,
265

and publicity,
90
–92,
134
–37,
139
,
140
,
173
–74,
333

and rehearsals,
129
–31,
138
–39,
171
–72,
196
–97,
200
,
241
–43

and rewrites,
305
–6,
313
,
316
–17,
319
,
324
–25

shopping with,
260

and show’s survival,
150

and Tech rehearsals,
142
–47,
149
,
154
,
168
–69,
177

at TED Conference,
273
,
275
–76

and temporary closing,
318
–19

as tetrachromat,
146
–47

and Theatre for a New Audience,
347

and U2 (Bono/Edge),
21
,
175
–76

working with,
20
,
62
–63,
73
–74,
75
,
78
,
81
–82,
136
–37,
144
–45,
208
–9,
214
,
216
,
224
,
234
,
237
–38,
245
–46,
257
,
265
–69,
316

and writing the book,
31
–34

Telsey, Bernie,
95
,
96
–98,
101

The Tempest
:

cast members in,
89
,
98
,
100

critical reviews of,
197

premieres of,
136
,
194

Taymor film adaptation of,
83
,
226
,
280
,
287
,
349

variations on,
286
–87

Theatre for a New Audience,
347

Thomas, Matthew James,
99
,
100
,
130
,
188
,
306
,
347

Tierney, Chris,
350

and accident,
200
–206,
208
,
267

and aerial effects,
155
,
201
–2

and choreography,
144

comeback of,
219
,
237
,
324

on
Good Morning America,
218
–19

Titus,
50
,
98

The Today Show,
325
–26

Tony Awards,
12
,
107
,
123
,
142
,
223
,
261
,
282

and
Spider-Man,
274
,
338
,
346

Trussell, Robert,
334

trust,
11
,
218
,
220
,
261

Tsypin, George,
254

and
The Little Mermaid,
273
–74

and revisions,
198
,
199
,
214
,
238
,
264
,
313
,
324

and sets,
61
–62,
77
,
83
–85,
148
–49,
324
,
346

and tech issues,
81
,
85
,
208
–9

Turner, Ted,
32

U2,
12
,
34
,
161
,
337

albums of,
51
,
88
,
160
,
175
–76,
281

and collaboration,
50
–51,
254
,
350

concerts of,
21
,
22
,
112
–14,
116
,
129
,
350

Ultimate Spider-Man,
13

Underneath the Lintel,
18
,
193

Via Galactica,
216
–18

Victor/Victoria,
9

Vincentelli, Elisabeth,
343

Wasser, Alan,
110
,
111
,
127

Watson, Mary Jane (fict.):

casting of,
54
,
55
,
123

in rehearsals,
143
–44,
311

Wedekind, Frank,
41

Weinstein, Harvey,
265
,
277

WGBH,
254

White, C. Randall:

and injuries/glitches,
148
,
185
,
201
,
266

and previews,
185
,
187
,
200
,
247

as stage manager,
142

and Tech rehearsals,
142
,
143
,
145
–46,
150
,
154
,
167
,
315

Winfrey, Oprah,
167
–68

Wood, Evan Rachel,
54
,
56
,
88
–89,
100
,
107
,
109
–10,
119

Young Frankenstein,
76

YouTube,
135

Žižek, Slavoj,
128

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