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[seanmcdona]

So apparently the producers of Spiderman are currently looking for a theatre to house the musical but unfortunetly the only theatres probably able to house the show (imo: Dominion, Palladium, Drury Lane and Victoria Palace) are all taken already.
Apollo Victoria wont be free for many years, Dominion they could probably buy WWRY out, Palladium I think will have a hit on their hands if Charlie's done well and Drury Lane Im not sure.. I just have a feeling Shrek will leave there in the next year or two!
Thoughts?

[Wandering_Ranger]

They will have to scale it down quite a bit if they want to open in London. The fact is the show is just too big as it isnd is financially a larger gamble than is necessary. I would suggest that even if they did get Drury Lane or the Palladium they would need substantial amounts of time to rejig the venue. Look out much time LOTR needed to sort Drury Lane out when that opened and Spiderman is even bigger than LOTR.

[jamescrispy94]

I don't understand why they're looking at bringing Spiderman here in the first place, I thought it was a just a really expensive flop in NY?? But still I suppose some shows that are flops in NY are hits here (ie Legally Blonde) you can never tell. Just adding to the list of theatres though, the Lyceum? Although I don't think Lion King will move just yet.

[Wandering_Ranger]

they're trying to bring it over here for one reason. Money. The trouble is there are only two theatres capable of holding the show, Drury Lane and the Palladium, both of which are taken for the foreseeable. The Lion King is going nowhere and even if it was, the Lyceum couldn't hold the flying either. This show is a beast, people flying around the audience and everythng. That sort of thing requires large venues of the kind we don't typically have over here. Broadway doesn;t really, they had to revamp the theatre its in now before opening. In it's curent, overblown form, Spiderman isn't coming to London.

[ABowlerHat]

Don't forget, this show is continuously making over a million dollars a week on Broadway and quite often over two million. It's not yet wise to simply write it off as a "really expensive flop".

[Titan]

    Spidey's looking for another London lair


The Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark is looking for a home in London, but so far all doors are closed.
It’s not that theatre owners here don’t like the geeky webslinger — it’s just that the show is too big.
Producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris were on a recent scouting trip and visited, among other venues, the Palladium and the Drury Lane.
I should make it clear that, in any case, those  theatres aren’t available — even though Spidey wouldn’t zoom in for a  couple of years.
Spider-Man spokesman Rick Miramontez said there wasn’t a theatre able to accommodate such an enormous physical production and added: ‘Short of building a theatre, there doesn’t seem to be a solution.’
Unless, of course, they can do a long-term deal with the 02.
Or pay Phil McIntyre a trillion bucks to move We Will Rock You out of the Dominion Theatre.

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[Elliott]

jamescrispy94, on 03 August 2012 - 01:42 PM, said:

I don't understand why they're looking at bringing Spiderman here in the first place, I thought it was a just a really expensive flop in NY?? But still I suppose some shows that are flops in NY are hits here (ie Legally Blonde) you can never tell. Just adding to the list of theatres though, the Lyceum? Although I don't think Lion King will move just yet.

It's hardly a flop on Broadway. Attendance is consistently above 95% and since it opened it's been sat firmly at the top end of the box office charts, losing out only to the big hits like Wicked and The Lion King. It may cost a fortune to run, but it's one of the hottest tickets on Broadway.

[Wandering_Ranger]

It may not be a flop but that doesn't change the fact it is too big for the West End in its current form. To be blunt,  I really don't see why it has to be so technical. Perhaps to make up for other shortcomings?

[Honoured Guest]

I suppose this scouting trip will encourage UK audiences to travel to Broadway now they know it's unlikely to hit the West End.

[Jon]

I think an arena tour would be more viable, they'd make more money selling out the O2 for 5 nights than a West End run.

Drury Lane or Dominion are the only viable options if they want a London run, the Dominion could make use of the closed upper circle for the flying and perhaps extra seating, it took in the large scale version of Beauty and the Beast so it can hold big productions,