Opening Date Set for ‘Spider-Man’ Musical - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

Opening Date Set for ‘Spider-Man’ Musical - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com: "After decades of web-slinging over the streets of New York, Spider-Man looks ready to fly, finally, inside a Broadway theater.

The much-anticipated, much-delayed musical spectacular “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” with music and lyrics by U2’s Bono and the Edge, has been given a date for the start of preview performances – Sunday, Nov. 14 – at Broadway’s newly renamed Foxwoods Theater (formerly the Hilton Theater). The show’s producers announced on Tuesday that they had also set an opening night, Tuesday, Dec. 21. The musical is estimated to have a budget of $50 million – the largest in Broadway history."