A news item from Broadway this afternoon says on most sites, "'Spider-Man' musical asks famed director for help." That's misleading because it makes you think they're bringing someone in to retool the work of director Julie Taymor. Actually, the story says they're hired veteran musical director Paul Bogaev to "…improve the quality of music on the $65 million show." A musical director is not the same thing as a director of musicals.
So someone's rewriting or fixing songs…a new writer is reportedly trying to repair the book…do we think this show will still open March 15? They can't be fixing very much if they are.