The new Broadway musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark cannot seem to catch a break. First, the show experienced countless problems, which forced them to push its opening date back multiple times. Now that the show has finally opened, Spider-Man continues to be a trouble maker.

The show relies heavily on the use of props and cables in order to perform flying stunts. This has been the root of many of the problems. Previews for the show have received poor reviews due to the technical glitches, and constant delays.

Last week two performances were cancelled while producers attempted to focus on solving all of the safety concerns. The cancellations were provoked by an afternoon performance that accidentally sent a Spider-Man stunt double into a stage pit, and left him seriously injured. New safety measures were put into effect after this unfortunate incident.

Regardless of all the problems that Spider-Man is experiencing, the show must go on. During Sunday night’s blizzard the show still remained to draw a crowd despite the harsh weather. Once the musical irons out all of the technical glitches, the show is sure to be a huge hit.

Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark is scheduled to celebrate opening night at the Foxwoods Theater on January 11, 2011.

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Tickets to see Jersey Boys on Broadway is no stranger to Select A Ticket’s Top 5 Events of the Week list. For over five years the Broadway show, Jersey Boys, has been playing to sold out audiences. Audiences and critics agree that Jersey Boys is a sensational one of a kind musical. In 2006, the show won several Tony awards including Best Musical.

Jersey Boys the musical features The Four Season, a 1960′s rock and roll band comprised by the members Frankie Valli, Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi, and Bob Gaudio. The musical follows the band’s coming of age which tells the story of their rise, success, and fall. Uncommon for a musical, it is told in a documentary style as each member of the band taking turns narrating the story.

Each individual band member as well as the band collectively, has many life struggles. These complications include gambling debts, Mafia threats, and family disasters that they are forced to deal with throughout the musical.

The band grew up together in the tough neighborhoods of New Jersey where they sang, rehearsed, and they ultimately used their innovative style to their advantage and founded the Doo Wop genre. You’ll definitely enjoy the music from this show, and you may even recognize some of the tunes such as “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” and “December 1963 (Oh, What A Night).”

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After years of delays, previews for Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark have finally began. This highly anticipated musical is a big budget production that could be Broadway’s next big thing.

The musical version of Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man, is directed by Julie Taymor, and the show will feature music from U2′s Bono and The Edge.

Although previews for the show have received poor reviews due to their technical glitches, there is still hope for this new spectacle. The use of props and cables are necessary due to the flying stunts performed in the musical, however these were the cause of the numerous stops during the first show.

The show may have experienced some technical hardships on the first night of previews, but they have made improvements. During the second night of previews Spider-Man was able to work out many of the kinks, and the show only stopped once.

Since this much improvement was made in just one night, many are confident that the technical problems will be worked out by Opening night.

Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark is scheduled to celebrate opening night at the Foxwoods Theater on January 11, 2011.

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Over seven years ago Broadway welcomed a new musical to the stage, and since that day Wicked still ranks the most popular musical. This Broadway production is the most well received musical in New York City, and some fans even would go as far as to say it is the best musical of this century.

Wicked is an outstanding musical that takes you on an enchanted adventure to the past where you find out what happened before Dorothy ever went to see the Wizard of Oz. Known as the untold story of the Witches of Oz, Wicked gives you insight to when Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West meet for the first time as college roommates.

The spellbinding storyline and enchanting music, along with amazing choreography meshes together perfectly to form an amazing experience for audiences. Broadway magic is created through Wicked’s large stage and a magnificent set with great lighting which helps bring the musical to life. In addition the costumes are show stoppers from Glinda’s pink puffy dress to the outfits of the natives from Emerald City.

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Watch out Broadway, a new musical is coming to town this spring. From director Gregory Boyd, Wonderland will feature a new take on Alice in Wonderland.

This musical is based on Walt Disney’s 1954 classic Alice in Wonderland, but with a few changes. This new Alice finds that with the estrangement from her husband, and nearly losing her career, her love for life has disappeared. Alice ends up in Wonderland where she comes across the quirky inhabitants that we all know and love.

The show features music and lyrics by Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy with a book by Boyd and Murphy. Marguerite Derricks will join the creative team as the choreographer. Produced by Broadway by the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, along with William Franzblau and Nederlander Presentations, Inc. this musical is sure to keep your attention.

“A New Alice. A New Musical Adventure” will begin previews on March 21, 2011 at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City. Wonderland’s Opening night is set for Wednesday, April 27, 2010.

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The new Broadway musical “Elf” is based off of the beloved 2003 Will Ferrell Film about Buddy the Elf. This uplifting film tells the story of Buddy the orphan who accidentally gets taken to the North Pole as a child by crawling into Santa’s bag of gifts.

Although Buddy grows to be the size of a normal human, he is still totally unaware that he is not really an elf. He travels to New York City where he hopes to find his true self identity.

The musical features an amazing cast including Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel as Emily. Leavel is no stranger to the Broadway stage, as Elf will be her ninth musical on Broadway. Her talent was recognized in 2006 when she won a Tony Award for her performance in The Drowsy Chaperone.

Her huge voice, and personality said that she likes “doing the funny buddy roles,” and that she has not “hit that wall yet of getting tired of them.”

Previews for Elf began earlier this month, and the show will open at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City on Sunday, November 14. The production is a limited engagement just for the holiday season through Sunday, January 2, so don’t miss your chance to see Elf on Broadway!

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Originally scheduled to open on Broadway December 21, 2010, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has pushed back opening night once more. This is something that is all too unfamiliar to this action-adventure musical. Producers have made the decision to delay the show’s opening by three weeks, and is now finally set to celebrate it’s opening night on January 11, 2011.

Lead producer Michael Cohn released a statement on Friday saying ”shows like ours, that embrace the challenge of opening on Broadway without an out-of-town tryout, often need to adjust their schedules along the way.” He blamed an “unprecedented level of technical artistry” as the cause of many of the delays in production.

Previews will begin just after a busy Thanksgiving holiday, on Sunday, November 28, which is not exactly the best time to open a new Broadway play. The musical has been in the making for over six years, and unfortunately the show has experienced unavoidable delays. These delays include a loss of their lead character, and now injuries to two of the starring actors, causing this undesirable opening date.

Despite a years worth of delays, this production seems as though it will be worth the wait. This show features a cast of 41 members and an orchestra of 18 members. The designer of the aerial stunts performed in the show was completed by a longtime member of Cirque du Soleil. Spider-Man the musical promises to take live theatre to the next level with this groundbreaking musical.

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Despite opening seven years ago to this date, the Broadway production of Wicked is still no stranger to Select A Ticket’s Top 5 Events list. This enchanting musical is preparing to welcome two new cast members to the show on November 2, 2010. Alex Brightman and Timothy Britten Parker, the current cast members playing the roles of Boq and Dr. Dillamond, will perform their final show on Sunday, October 31.

The role of Dr. Dillamond will now be portrayed by Tom Flynn who has appeared on Broadway in plays such as How to Succeed, Tommy, and Juan Darien. He has also assumed roles in a handful traveling shows including Les Misérables.

Etai BenShlomo will also join the cast, as he takes on the role of Boq. Although he has appeared in workshops, and national tours, Wicked will be BenShlomo’s Broadway debut. This talented actor attended the University of Michigan where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Wicked is a spellbinding musical that takes audiences of all ages into the past where they find out what happened before the 1939 movie classic “The Wizard of Oz.” The story follows Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good Witch before Dorothy ever dropped into their lives. The two witches meet as roommates college, and hate each other in the beginning. Eventually the witches take their own separate paths, but not before learning a great deal from each other.

Wicked is still on top, and remains the most popular musical on Broadway. Get your Wicked Tickets from Select A Ticket now!

The Public Theatre opened The Merchant of Venice on Broadway starring Al Pacino earlier last week. Pacino will reprise his admired performance as Shylock at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City for a limited engagement of only 78 performances.

Al Pacino has appeared in many Broadway shows including American Buffalo and Chinese Coffee, and has won Tony Awards for his performances in The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?. This legendary actor has also won Academy Awards, Emmys, Golden Globes for his appearances in over 35 different films.

The opening of this play follows a sold-out, eight week run of this Shakespearian comedy at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park from June 12 through August 1 of this summer. The success of the Shakespeare in the park encouraged the transfer from the Park to the Broadway stage. Andrew D. Hamingson, executive director of The Public Theatre, said that response from the audience, critics, “and the desire of Al Pacino and the cast to bring it to a larger audience” sparked the transfer.

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Nearly 50 years ago, legendary NFL coach and general manager, Vince Lombardi was at the peak of his career. He now has many accomplishments to his name, including leading the Packers to victory in the first two Super Bowls.

His unique way of leading the team through bullying, while showing love and being protective, along with his ability to create a team unlike any other sparked a general interest in Lombardi’s life.

The public was interested in gaining more knowledge on his skills and methods of management and coaching, to his inspirational and motivational teachings, all the way through to his death at the age of 57 from cancer. This interest inspired a biography based on Vince Lombardi’s life by  Pulitzer Prize-winning author, David Maraniss, entitled When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vincent Lombardi.

This biography in turn inspired a broadway play on one of the NFL’s most legendary coaches. Lombardi starring Dan Lauria opened on Broadway earlier this weak at New York’s Circle in the Square Theatre. Sponsored by the NFL, this play highlights and showcases one of the league’s most iconic heroes for all kinds of audiences.

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A new musical based on Stephen Elliot and Allan Scott’s Oscar-winning film, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is coming to Broadway in spring 2011. Revived for Broadway, Priscilla Queen of the Desert did not wait very long after West Side Story announced their closing before booking the Palace Theatre.

This outrageous musical tells the story of three drag queens on a crazy road trip on an old bus. They travel across the Australian outback in hopes of finding friendship ann love, but actually find more than they ever expected.

The musical is directed by Simon Phillips, and has a talented cast of Olivier and Tony Award nominees. Tony Sheldon will play Bernadette, Will Swenson will portray Tick/Mintzi, while Nick Adams plays the characters of Adam/Felicia. A new addition has recently been made to the production team. Bette Midler, famous for her stage and screen presence is the newest producing team member.

The show will begin on Broadway in New York City after first performing a limited 12-week engagement this fall in Toront at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Priscilla Queen of the Desert will open on Sunday, March 20, 2011 with previews beginning on Monday, February 28, 2011.

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Over the summer Jersey Boys Tickets were no stranger to our Top 5 Events list, and now the Grammy, Olivier, and Tony Award-winning Best Musical will celebrate it’s 5th anniversary on Broadway next month. On Friday, November 5 through Monday, November 8 Jersey Boys will host different events in honor of this exciting milestone, beginning with the Empire State Building Lighting.

Since the Empire State Building is the “World’s Most Famous Office Building, it celebrates numerous causes and cultures with symbolic lighting relating to the cause, and Jersey Boys is no exception. On Friday November 5 and Saturday, November 6 the Empire State building will shine in yellow, red, and white in order to celebrate the musical’s 5th anniversary.

On Saturday, November 6 the anniversary performance will take place at the Virginia/August Wilson Theatre in New York City. The August Wilson Theatre opened more than 85 years ago, and Jersey Boys will become the longest running show in the theatre’s history.

Another way the city will celebrate the anniversary is by renaming 52nd Street. On Sunday, November 7th at 1 pm, 52nd Street between 8th Avenue and Broadway will be renamed “Jersey Boys Walk.” Not only will the musical’s current cast and creative team participate in this exciting event, but Franki Valli and Bob Gaudio of the original Four Seasons will participate as well.

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On Wednesday, September 29 the audience of American Idiot got an exciting surprise. Green Day front man, Billie Joe Armstrong, played the role of St. Jimmy in this big-budget musical based on his 2005 album. The audience was not sure if he would be appearing on stage that night as he was not listed in the playbook, and it was not announced that he would be filling in for the show until the house lights were dimmed.

Armstrong’s character did not come on stage until the second part of the musical, which gave the audience time to get hyped up for his arrival. Filling in for actor Tony Vincent, Armstrong jumped into the role as if he was on Broadway all his life.

He played the role of Jimmy, an evil apparition whose goal is to corrupt Johnny, the protagonist of the play. As he entered the stage he belted out Jimmy’s title track, “St. Jimmy” with spiked hair and a black jacket and the audience went wild. The applause went on for so long at the end of the song that the musical was forced to be paused for an extra minute.

Armstrong took a bow with the rest of the cast when the show ended, and the curtain fell. The curtain rose again, as he played “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” on his guitar. Armstrong and the rest of the cast took one final bow beofre blowing kisses and shaking hands as he stepped off stage.

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Yesterday we saw that tickets to see The Addams Family on Broadway were the highest selling tickets on our Top 5 Events list. It’s no surprise that tickets to this weirdly wonderful show are a hot item, especially because each of the iconic members of the family are played by an amazing cast member. The producers of the show are hoping that losing such popular stars will not affect the success of the musical.

As advertising for this new musical began, the producers focused more on the famous branding of the Addams family. They paid close attention to highlighting the characters, such as Morticia and Gomez, who we learned to love from pages of The New Yorker, rather than the star actors portraying those parts. The producers were hoping to make the transition easier for new actors to take over the lead roles in March when the current stars are expected to leave.

The show’s producers are already looking for new stars to take over for the leading couple. Unfortunately the show has not found their new lead couple yet, as John Leguizamo and Minnie Driver have both turned down the opportunity to portray Gomez and Morticia.

Despite the search for a new leads, two time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth currently star as the wonderfully weird couple at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City.

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The new musical on Broadway, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, may have experienced several years of delays, but the production will preview in November before opening in December.

This action adventure musical features music and lyrics by U2′s Bono and The Edge, with a book by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger. Reeve Carney stars as Peter Parker along with his alter ego Spider-Man. This Broadway production will also feature Patrick Page as the Green Goblin, and Tony Award nominee Jennifer Damiano as Mary Jane.

The show’s leading man is also the front-man of a rock band. His band, Carney played two shows back-to-back recently at a Lower East Side Bar in Manhattan. Fans were thrilled and full of anticipation as he warmed up for his Broadway debut at Pianos Bar.

Finally, after being in the works for many years, the Broadway production of “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark” is set to perform for its opening night on Tuesday, December 21 in New York City with previews beginning on Sunday, November 14, 2010.

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