Reeve Carney Talks Spider-Man Role: VIDEO
It was announced yesterday that rocker Reeve Carney will be starring as Peter Parker/Spider-man in Julie Taymor ’s Broadway production of Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark . Watch him talk about it below! The music was written by U2’s Bono and The Edge and the rest of the Carney band ( Aiden , Jon and Zane ) will even be playing in the orchestra pit! Carney ’s last show in L.A. will be at The El Rey Theatre @ 8PM on November 28 (Thanksgiving Weekend). Get your $15 tickets at...

The Associated Press: Broadway finds its 'Spider-Man' in Reeve Carney
NEW YORK — Broadway has found its Spider-Man — rock singer Reeve Carney. Carney will portray celebrated web-slinger Peter Parker in "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark," producer Michael Cohl announced Friday. The lavish musical is still scheduled to open sometime in 2010 at the Hilton Theatre. Dates will be announced. The show has had a troubled history, with work on the musical stopped last summer because of financial difficulties. New financing is expected to be in place shortly,...

Broadway has its Spider-Man: Reeve Carney to play Peter Parker in musical: PHOTO
oadway has found its Spider-Man - rock singer Reeve Carney. Carney will portray celeated web-slinger Peter Parker in "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark," producer Michael Cohl announced Friday.

Director Julie Taymor Unveils Broadway's Spider-Man: PHOTO
It will not be Jim Sturgess slinging webs on Broadway in the new comic book musical Spider-Man Turn of the Dark . Instead, director Julie Taymor ( Across the Universe ) has hired another young actor she recently cast in a film version of Shakespeare's The Tempest . Reeve Carney will play Peter Parker to Evan Rachel Wood 's Mary Jane Watson, and here's a look at the 26-year-old actor. In addition to acting, Carney is the lead singer of a band that features his last name, and is the final piece...

Carney Lands Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark Lead
Reeve Carney, of rock band Carney, will play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Julie Taymor's Broadway show "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark," producer Michael Cohl announced Friday. Carney has a role in Taymor's upcoming drama, The Tempest . The singer is joining a cast that includes Evan Rachel Wood as Mary Jane Watson and Alan Cumming in the role of Norman Osborn/Green Goblin. The lavish musical is scheduled to open sometime in 2010 at the Hilton Theatre. The show will feature a score by Bono and The...

Broadway finds its 'Spider-Man' in Reeve Carney
Broadway has found its Spider-Man -- rock singer Reeve Carney. Producer Michael Cohl says Carney will portray celebrated web-slinger Peter Parker in "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark." The lavish musical is still scheduled to open sometime in 2010 at the Hilton Theatre. Dates will be announced. The show has had a troubled history, with work on the musical stopped for last summer because of financial difficulties. "Spider-Man" reportedly has a budget of upward of $40 million, and the Hilton has...

Broadway finds its 'Spider-Man' in Reeve Carney (AP)
Broadway has found its Spider-Man _ rock singer Reeve Carney. Carney will portray celebrated web-slinger Peter Parker in "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark," producer Michael Cohl announced Friday. The lavish musical is still scheduled to open sometime in 2010 at the Hilton Theatre. Dates will be announced. The show has had a troubled history, with work on the musical stopped last summer because of financial difficulties. New financing is expected to be in place shortly, according to its producers,...

Broadway finds its 'Spider-Man' in Reeve Carney
Broadway has found its Spider-Man _ rock singer Reeve Carney.

Broadway finds its 'Spider-Man' in Reeve Carney
NEW YORK—Broadway has found its Spider-Man -- rock singer Reeve Carney . Producer Michael Cohl says Carney will portray celebrated web-slinger Peter Parker in "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark." The lavish musical is still scheduled to open sometime in 2010 at the Hilton Theatre. Dates will be announced. The show has had a troubled history, with work on the musical stopped for last summer because of financial difficulties .

“Spider-Man” Musical Finds Its Leading Man: Reeve Carney: VIDEO
The coming Broadway musical “Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark," with U2's Bono and The Edge, hires a new lead actor, Reeve Carney, and shuffles producers.

Reeve Carney Is Broadway's Spider-Man; New Producers Promise 2010 Opening
Producers of the new Broadway-bound Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark gave a progress report about the developing show on Nov. 5. New producing partners are on board and Reeve Carney has been announced to play the title role.

'Spider-Man' lands producer, Peter Parker
Music industry vet Michael Cohl has joined megabudget tuner "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark" as the new lead producer and thesp Reeve Carney has been cast as Peter Parker in the fiscally challenged show, which producers have confirmed is still expected to happen. They didn’t, however, peg an exact date for the musical’s bow, saying only it will open in 2010 at Broadway’s Hilton Theater. In a statement that came out of a much buzzed-about meeting of producers and creatives on Friday, the sh

Latest On The U2 Spider-Man Musical
Here's the latest on "Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark", the musical featuring music from U2's Bono and The Edge. The show has added a new lead and second producer and full financing is "expected to be in place shortly". Once this happens the show will resume full production. The show will open in 2010 at the Hilton Theatre in New York . The show has also have selected Reeve Carney, the lead singer of Carney, to play the role of Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man. Carney joins previously announced cast...

Daily Buzz: -2012′, Twilight's -New Moon' Mall Tour, Spider-Man on Broadway!: PHOTO
2012 hits the big screen soon and fans can’t wait to watch the world get destroyed in the upcoming flick!

Spider-Man Musical Pulls Itself Together, Slowly [Spider-man]
The permanently troubled Spider-Man musical took a couple of steps in the right direction towards being able to open yesterday; not only did the show get a new lead producer, but an actor was finally announced to play Peter Parker. With a budget estimated to be somewhere in the region of $50 million already, and a weekly running cost that may be in the budget of $1 million a week, Julie Taymor's musical version of Marvel's superhero may be too expensive to be allowed to fail. That might explain...

Broadway Spider-Man Cast: PHOTO
Broadway Spider-Man Cast i know, first you're moving your hips like yeah then you're like The Broadway-bound Spider-Man musical has a new lead producer and a new star. Playing Peter Parker and his alter-ego in Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark will be Reeve Carne y, who beat thousands of candidates to take the role. He is the lead singer of the rock band Carney, which is set to release its first album in early 2010 on Interscope Records. Carney previously acted in Snow Falling on Cedars and he...

Broadway's Spider-Man Announces New Producer And Star: PHOTO
“Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” creative team announced today new produces as well as a new star for the upcoming production. Newcomer Reeve Carney, has been cast has Peter Parker/Spider-Man for the upcoming Broadway play, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” Reeve Carney, 26, is the lead singer of the rock band Carney. Reeve will also appear in the big-screen adaptation of “The Tempest.” Reeve will join Even Rachel Wood as Mary Jane (Peter Parker’s girlfriend) and Ala

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Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 8
1913 Birthday of June Hovik, better known as June Havoc, even better known as namesake of Baby June, the character based on her in the musical Gypsy. The show pretty accurately sums up her childhood with a hard-driving mom in the dying years of vaudeville, and a sister who later becomes Gypsy Rose Lee. Havoc had a busy Broadway career of her own, appearing in Pal Joey, Mexican Hayride, Affairs of State and her own play, Marathon '33. She also later takes over the role of Miss Hannigan on...

Darkly Comic Red Sea Fish Opens in NYC
Matt Wilkinson's Red Sea Fish, the story of a retired thief whose passions are newly aroused, opens at 59E59 Theaters Nov. 8 as part of the 2009 Brits Off-Broadway Festival.

What our writers love this week
Streets Broadway Hang in there, Harvard Exit. Ditto, Deluxe and Dick's Drive-In. With the imminent closure of Bailey/Coy Books, another charm drops off the bracelet of Broadway — consigned to the jewelry box of memory, alongside Andy's Café, Ernie Steele's and the Broadway movie theater. One can only hope that with the advent of light rail, this once vibrant boulevard will regain its luster. Until then: Grüv (music and DVDs, 422 Broadway E.), Broadway News (#605) and Pilot Books...

Oh, No! Asslee Heading To Broadway?!?: PHOTO
No! No! No! There is no reason to let this bitch ruin legitimate theater any more than she has destroyed music and television. It's just not right! It's being reported that Ashlee Simpson will be reprising the role of Roxy on Broadway's version of Chicago . No word yet when she will be making said Broadway debut, but it should last a maximum of 3 months. We actually saw her in Chicago in London and she was pretty good! Surprisingly. [ Image via WENN .]

Oh, No! Asslee Heading To Broadway?!?
No! No! No! There is no reason to let this bitch ruin legitimate theater any more than she has destroyed music and television. It's just not right!

Simpson-Wentz heading to Broadway?
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Few treats on Broadway
Halloween scared ticketbuyers away from Broadway, which saw a sales dip in week 23 (Oct. 26-Nov. 1) that was exacerbated by Gotham's rooting interest in the World Series. The B.O. dip was far from unexpected. The holiday's trick-or-treating activities and spooky parties often end up distracting theatergoers from Main Stem productions, and an essentially local World Series between the Yankees and the Phillies was virtually guaranteed to overshadow Broadway, too. Total Rialto cume sank almost...