The Spider-Man musical was finally given its official premier. Critics found it less than thrilling. AP says:
So after seventy million dollars and endless retuning, you get a show that ends with those little champagne poppers you buy at the drugstore the week before the Fourth of July. They also cleaned up the plot, it seems. Get this: Spider-Man gets bit, gets powers, falls in love with Mary Jane, then fights the Green Goblin, who went mad after he invented something and tested it on himself. In other words, the first movie. They might as well just project it on a screen, but even then the guy who projects the film would probably fall out of the booth on his head.
Here's a picture of the cast taking a bow. Not ridiculous at all:
