Spider-Man

The troubled Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark got even more troubled this week with an actress suffering serious injuries. We asked for your suggestions to save the vexed production, and heard from listener Richard Daniels, who was in the audience when another performer was injured on-stage in December. Listen to last week’s […]

The new Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark finally opened this week … or actually, not. The producers just fired director Julie Taymor, and previews may be closed for an overhaul. “Those of us who followed Julie Taymor’s career,” says theater critic Jeremy Gerard, “know that she’s a prime example of how limitations make […]

Kurt talks with filmmaker Sam Raimi about his new movie, “Drag Me to Hell.” Best known for directing “Spiderman,” Raimi’s roots are in horror. He tells Kurt about the limitations of digital effects and the relationship between horror and comedy.

The Broadway production of “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark,” saw another crisis on Monday night, as one of its actors fell over 20 feet, severely injuring himself. This is the fourth performer to be hurt since September. David Cote, theater editor for Time Out: New York, says he has never seen anything like this. “This […]

We join with The Week Magazine to take a look back at the best and the worst of last week. The past seven days were pretty good for real life super-heroes but bad for a restaurant in New York that serves still-twitching octopus.