I remember thinking, when I first heard that they were doing a Spider-man musical, that it was a terrible idea. I had friends go to the early preview performances and their comments about the show merely bolstered the idea that Turn Off the Dark was a multi-million dollar mistake.
The troubles of the show are well documented, and give rise to jokes about the show to this day (almost 2 years after it's official opening). The fact that the show was in previews for months, underwent heavy revision, fired one of it's major creative forces, and has a laundry list of injured actors seems to overpower thoughts about the actual show. There are very few legitimate reviews in geek circles about the current production, and most of what people know seems to be based on the initial version that has long since gone the way of the dodo.
So, let me take a few minutes to share what I thought about Spidey the musical.
