Is 'Spider-Man' Musical Beyond Repair? Critical Drubbing Clouds Opening | PopEater.com: "Will the initial round of arachnophobia among the nations' theater critics bring down 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,' director Julie Taymor's $65 million production set to open March 15? A slew of reviews were published earlier this week and the overall consensus was clear: the show is not exactly a critical darling, with reviewers calling it 'a shrill, insipid mess,' (Washington Post) 'underbaked, terrifying, confusing,' (New York Magazine) and 'so grievously broken in every respect that it is beyond repair.' (New York Times)."
