Turn off the what?

Beware. Spoilers abound in all articles about Turn Off the Dark. Flee now if you're avoiding them. Or just don't click on the articles. Heh.

Sorry. I know its old now, but sometimes I still get this urge to make fun of the name.

So what's been going with Broadway's most expensive musical ever?

In case anyone's interested, here is MTV's (unofficial) review of Spiderman: Turn off the Dark

Part 1: Things they enjoyed....

...aaaand Part 2: things they didn't.

There's lots of interesting tidbits in there if you're interested.

Also, it's considered "unofficial" only because its still in previews and technically critics aren't supposed to give official thoughts yet (although now that its in its third delay they're starting to get antsy).

Hm, most interesting piece from that last article:
Although producers are charging full price for tickets, the musical is still selling out the 1,930-seat Foxwoods Theatre in Times Square almost every night.

I'm impressed they're still selling out, but full price for preview tickets? That's what you should read in that. Preview means the show is not even guaranteed to finish (especially with all the technical issues like this one). So I went and played on their website. It looks like cheap seats are $75 while premium orchestra seats are $275. Without fees.

So, average price is $145. For a show in previews.

So how expensive is the most expensive Broadway show ever? Reportedly $65 million. Also in the article above it mentions the previous holder of that title, Shrek the Musical which came in at $25 million.

More viewer reviews if you're interested.