Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 4)
6/6/202629 min
Spiderman: Turn off the Dark - Broadway's Biggest Musical Failure? (Part 4)
In the final part of this incredible story of the Spiderman Broadwy musical - Turn off the dark, we discover the true cost, both finanical and emotional, of the infamous show.
How did it measure up to other notorious Broadway bombs?
Was it really a failure? And if so, who was to blame?
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First 90 secondsJosh Widdicombe· Host0:00
[tape rolling] Hello and welcome. I am Josh Widdicombe. For today, I'm the curator of a place of incredible artifacts and exhibitions, a place that stores the greatest thing on Earth. This is my Archive of Pop Culture. [singing] Between regret and despair. Between faith and fear. Between longing and necessity. In the shadowlands, in the shadowlands. Turn off the dark. Turn off the dark. So at this stage, Suzy, welcome back to Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark.
Suzi Ruffell· Guest1:14
Uh, it's actually Suzy.
Josh Widdicombe· Host1:16
You want it to- Sorry, that made me sound like [laughs] Welcome back to [laughs] Welcome back to Spider-Man.
Suzi Ruffell· Guest1:19
Hello. [laughs] I'm Spidey.
Josh Widdicombe· Host1:22
[laughs] Well, they'd got through so many actors that it had got to you. [laughs] That's how it had worked.
Suzi Ruffell· Guest1:27
Can you imagine how many they had to got through to go, "Suzy Ruffle?"