Actress, Alan Cumming to star in Broadway play By GORDON COX
It's official: Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming will star in the upcoming Broadway mega-spectacle "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark." Deals were wrapped up late in the week for both thesps, who have been expected to confirm their stints in the show for a while now.
Performance dates for the technically complicated tuner also have been pushed back. Previously skedded to open Feb. 18, the musical now won't begin previews until Feb. 25.
Wood will play Spidey's paramour Mary Jane Watson, while Cumming will portray bad guy Norman Osborn, a.k.a. the Green Goblin.
Julie Taymor ("The Lion King"), who helms the tuner and co-pens the book, has worked with both actors previously. Wood starred in Taymor's movie-musical "Across the Universe," while Cumming appeared in Taymor pics "Titus" and "The Tempest."
The actor donning the tights of the wall-crawler himself remains unannounced; open auditions for the role were held earlier this year. Wood's co-star in "Across the Universe," Jim Sturgess, has also been mentioned as a possibility for the part.
Delay of performances at the Hilton Theater likely gives the show's creators more time to sort out construction elements, which are said to be moving slower than anticipated.
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A Shrek musical was okay in my book.... a Monty Python and the Holy Grail musical seemed understandable... but a comic book superhero musical? Really? With music by U2?! For Bono's sake, I hope its decent. But to see the Human Spider doing jazz hands at the Tonys is going to be ridiculous.
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