I think the time has come for the inevitable Turn Off the Dark Death Pool. This production won't be stopped until (or even after) someone gets killed. It's just a questions of when. And who. And how.

Swiss Miss? Really?

Well, for what it's worth, I don't get the sense these haute-couture monstrosities are actual costumes from the show. It looks more like a typical Vogue "let's dress the models/subjects up in the most ridiculous and expensive pieces of crap we can find!" photo spread.

The hideous villain costumes, OTOH...

Why is Venom red?

It's been many years since my palate was cleansed by a Barbra impersonator.

wake me for the dr. strange musical.

I recall people saying Spider-Man would suck because of a) Sam Raimi, b) Tobey McGuire, c) it looked campy, d) Kirsten Dunst, e) comics suck. $2 billion or so later in that franchise, it's still going and about to start over, and they're prepping yet another Spider-Man cartoon now to boot. People have a bottomless appetite for Spider-Man so far and always have since the 1960s.

I recall people saying that the Lion King musical looked ridiculous and stupid as well when that started, and Taymor is still laughing all the way to the bank all these years later as the productions are an unstoppable machine now.

It might tank, or we might be seeing the Spider-Man musical in the Paramount in 10 years.

I think it's entirely appropriate to dress Spiderman in a ball gown. He is, after all, the world's biggest pussy, and the world's biggest drama queen. He's kind of like Tyra Banks, only less powerful.

@8 Thank you for that! The best characterization of Spider-Man that I have ever read. Ever.

Costumes by Eiko Ishioka? She's a genius. I can't watch Bram Stoker's Dracula without being stunned by her (Oscar-winning) costume design.

@10 That's kinda the problem with the whole show; a show with Julie Taymor directing, Ishioka costuming, Bono and The Edge composing, etc etc etc SHOULD be a great show. Instead, it looks like it's probably going to be the most expensive and notable flop in Broadway history. Sad!

I hear after Mary Jane battles Swiss Miss, she gets attacked by the Land O'Lakes butter woman.