NEW YORK (AP) — A spokesman for the troubled “Spider-Man” musical on Broadway is insisting the show is still scheduled to open next week, as talk swirls that the $65 million production will shut down for several weeks and the opening will be put off for months.
Rick Miramontez, spokesman for “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” said Wednesday that producers would not confirm or comment on recent reports in The New York Times and elsewhere.
Published reports, citing anonymous sources in the production, have also said that director Julie Taymor may already be on the way out, after struggling for months to revamp the show amid scathing reviews from some theater critics.
Taymor did not respond to phone calls from The Associated Press.
A new delay would be the sixth for Broadway’s most expensive show. The latest postponement would also make it ineligible for theater’s biggest prize, a Tony Award.