Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History (43 page)

alumni of,
54
–55,
71
,
203

Beatles songs in,
44
,
45
,
63
,
116

casting of,
95

choreography of,
71

critical reviews of,
44
,
63
,
64

final cut of,
277

marketing of,
63
,
262

message of,
65

Actors’ Equity Association,
45
–46,
54
,
301

Adams, Tony,
9
–12,
23
,
29
,
42
,
113
,
120
,
195

charm of,
9
,
12
,
108

death of,
26
,
264

and Hello Entertainment,
10
–11,
12
,
102
,
117
,
295

memorials for,
26
,
66
,
340

pressures on,
25
–26

and U2,
21
,
22

Aguirre-Sacasa, Roberto,
326
,
327
,
347
–48

and the author,
258
,
284
–87,
314
,
323

and Cohl,
248
,
255
,
258
,
261
,
286
–87

and credits,
330
–31

and Phil,
292
–93,
294
–95,
297
,
315
,
322

and rewrites,
248
,
258
,
260
,
292
–93,
295
,
297
–300,
302
–4,
314
,
321
–22,
343

suggestions for changes from,
328
–29,
336

Alex da Kid,
281

Allen, Woody,
228

Amazing Fantasy #15,
5

American Idol,
98
–99,
335

Andrews, Julie,
9
,
66

Aptostichus bonoi
(arachnid),
349

Arachne (myth),
13
,
72
–74,
129
,
140
,
144
,
184
,
259
,
329

casting of,
98
–99,
191
–92,
194
,
196
,
206
,
295

character of,
15
,
27
,
31
,
40
,
45
–46,
79
,
81
,
160
,
178
,
190
,
199
,
280
,
316
,
328

in final scene,
56
,
226
–27,
229
,
349

music for,
30
,
38
,
50
,
72
,
98
,
122
,
132
,
160
–61,
234
,
299
,
316
,
328

Spider-Man battle with,
84
,
157
,
195
,
248
,
289

Arad, Avik,
25
,
27
,
144

Archimedes,
84

Aronson, Boris,
107

Ashley, Chris,
282
–83

Assayas, Michka,
348

Aubin, Kevin,
154
,
158
,
163
,
166

Auden, W. H.,
351

Aung San Suu Kyi,
113
–14

Avery, Gerald,
148

Bailey, Adrian,
170
–71

Batten, Keith,
319

Beatles,
44
,
45
,
63
,
116

Beck, Glenn,
241
,
243

Beck, Matt,
161

Belafonte, Harry,
174

Berger, Glen:

and arbitration meeting,
271
–76

audition for writer’s job,
17
–19

called a double agent,
262
–63

and chain of command,
291
–94

and credits,
330
–31

and critics,
171
,
193
–94,
249
,
251
–53

and dog’s death,
173
,
176

family of,
173
,
199
,
248
,
275
,
290
,
292
–93,
335
–36,
350

and finances,
43
,
101
–4,
122
,
126
–27,
151
–52,
173
,
226
,
244
,
347
–48

and lawsuits,
134
,
348

and opening night,
340
–42

other work for,
254
–55

and Plans A-C,
212
–16,
219
–22,
224

and Plan X,
229
,
231
–38,
239
–43,
248
,
255
–56,
258
–59,
260
–61,
266
–69,
272
–73,
275
–76

and publicity,
139
–40

and Taymor,
see
Taymor, Julie

and writing collaboration,
258
,
284
–87,
292
–93

writing the book,
31
–34

Bing, Steve,
109

Bird, Andrew,
307

Bissinger, Rob,
85
,
108
,
238
,
254
,
258
,
261
,
341

as associate designer,
61

and new direction,
264
,
277
–78,
308
,
313

question about Act Two,
125
–26,
128
,
226

and tech issues,
61
,
120
,
121
,
153
,
233
–34,
255
,
307

Blau, Herbert,
24

Bogaev, Paul,
257
–58,
264
,
312

Bono,
12
,
21
,
25
,
76

and AIDS relief,
40

and
Aptostichus bonoi,
349

“bongelese” of,
30
,
52
,
94
,
122

contract of,
26

and financing,
109
,
111
,
113
,
115

and forgiveness,
348
–49

meetings with,
34
–43,
218
,
221
,
234
–36,
265
,
271
–76,
301
–4

and Plans A-C/X,
212
–13,
215
,
218
,
228
,
234
–38,
242
–43,
272
,
275
,
276

and previews,
221
–22,
274

and publicity,
90
,
91
,
92
–93,
134
–37,
139
,
167
,
168
,
173
–75,
333

and rehearsals,
174
–76

and rewrites,
303
–4,
314
,
317
,
319
,
321
–22,
323
,
336

and schedules,
42
,
47
,
176

and
Spider-Man
music,
29
–30,
35
–42,
49
–51,
52
–55,
64
–65,
88
,
92
–94,
99
,
122
,
159
,
161
–62,
222
,
224
,
281
,
299
,
301
–2,
312
,
335
,
336
–37,
340
,
351

and U2,
see
U2

The Book of Mormon,
338

Boorman, John,
12

Bowie, David,
55

Brantley, Ben,
1
,
118
,
162
,
247
,
252
–53,
343

Brickman, Marshall,
10

Brock, Chase,
308
–10,
327
,
329
,
336

Brooks, Mel,
76

Brown, Jeb,
283

Brown, Scott,
251
,
253
,
343

Bulgarian Women’s Choir,
38
,
99
,
132

Button Man,
257
–58

Campbell, David,
93
,
129
,
142
,
159
,
160
,
258

Carney, Art,
90

Carney, Reeve,
206
,
330

and chemistry,
171
–72,
311

and choreography,
130
,
133

and Julie,
89
,
266
–67,
274

as Parker/Spider-Man,
1
,
89
–90,
100
,
117
,
130
,
329
,
347

and publicity,
91
,
134
,
278
,
335
,
336

and schedules,
266
–67,
274

singing,
91
,
123
–24,
133
,
134
–35,
152
,
200
,
278
,
335
,
338

and tech issues,
1
,
152
–53,
181
,
184
,
195
–96

in
The Tempest,
89
,
100

Carousel,
39

Carpio, T. V.,
258
,
278
,
346

as Arachne,
194
,
206
,
295
,
316

and casting,
54
,
89
,
97

and Julie,
266
–67,
274
,
306
,
316

and new directions,
306
,
312
,
316

and tech issues,
149

Chandler, David,
54

Chastain, Denise,
187

Cherice (assistant choreographer),
148

Cirque du Soleil,
68
,
83
,
159
,
168
,
253

Clark, Dwayne,
168
–69

Clayton, Adam,
51

A Clockwork Orange,
171

Cobain, Kurt,
49

Cohl, Jacob,
129
,
155
,
301

Cohl, Michael,
114
–16,
135
,
172
,
176
–77,
193

and arbitration meeting,
271
–76

and critics,
224
–25

and finances,
111
,
117
–18,
119
,
121

and Julie,
114
,
137
,
150
–51,
257
,
260
,
337
,
338
–40

and litigation,
304
,
337
,
338
,
348

and opening night,
197
–98,
337
,
338
–40,
342

and Phil,
261
,
295
,
313
,
317
–18,
319
,
323

and Plans A-C/X,
218
–22,
232
–34,
240
,
245
,
248
,
253
,
255
,
258
–59,
264
,
265
,
269
,
274
,
275
,
276
,
291
,
300

and previews,
182
,
183
–84,
188
,
195
–96,
329
–30

and rehearsals,
129
,
156
–57,
168
,
174
–75,
206

and rewrites,
248
,
260
,
261
,
262
,
286
–87,
317
,
319
,
322
–24,
326

and schedules,
197
–98,
243
–44,
247
,
264
,
278
,
313
,
317
–18

collaboration,
6
,
11
,
36
,
85
–86,
176
,
218
,
254
–55

cross-collateralization,
115
–16,
303

musical alchemy,
161
–62

and rewrites,
293
,
312

in U2,
50
–51,
254
,
350

Collins, Phil,
258

comic books:

illusion expressed in,
24
,
349
–50

sex and violence in,
58
–59

communication,
11
,
45
,
348

confidence, excessive,
307
–8,
309
,
350

Cooper, Alice,
98

Costello, Elvis,
302

Cox, Gordon,
37

Crosby, Bing,
167

Cumming, Alan,
89
,
98
,
101
,
107
,
110
,
119
–20

Curry, Michael,
69
,
81
–82,
169
,
178