twisted metal all over the place. pileup killed four people and sent nine to the hospital. investigator trying to figure out exactly how it happened. the most expensive show on broadway history and one of the most infamous is set to hold a special performance this spring for theater goers with autism. the show is spider man turn off the dark. you may remember it broke the record for the most preview performances after some creative overhauls and injuries that sidelined several performances in the stunt heavy musical. other shows including the lion king, mary poppins and elf the musical from previously put on you a tim friendly performances by cutting down the strobe lights and startling sounds. signing day biggest day in the off seen. the day that top high school players announce where they will be playing come fall. for a change it was neither alabama nor florida that grabbed that number one recruit they so desperately wanted. it was my rebels.
spider-man: turn off the dark. it was riddled with stage accidents, major money, use and feuding producers. julie was skewered in the press and pushed out of the production before opening night. she has been reticent to talk on camera about the experience. until now. you can t blame it on me or any single person because you don t create a musical with one person. or two. reporter: her famous partners, u2s, bono and the edge accused her on nightline of being too close to the project to see its major flaws. would you agree with that assessment? no, i wouldn t. it is very hard to create experimental, break ground, try to do something that has never been done when people are going to second guess i the show that is there is show the i created over eight years minus some of the depth. reporter: after significant retooling it is a show that has become a huge hit on broadway. julie says that is due in part to her early vision. big risk, big reward. the lesson she learned from li
winning director, julie taymor, spider-man made its start last nights. you want to sound smart today? tell your friends that spider-man: turn off the dark is the most expensive show in broadway history. costing at least $70 million to produce. some say more. that s twice as much as the second-most expensive show, which was shrek. the new york times theater critics suggested that the revamped, supposedly better version of spider-man was fit for a, quote, not so precocious 10-year-old. ouch. let s huddle up around the watercool, to watch the the daily show s recap of the republican debate. here s john oliver rounding up that great night. it was during dinner.
julie i think planned it. i wanted to get my foot in the door. they said, this guy should audition for the show. and then the rest is history. i auditioned for three months but eventually got the part. i feel good it was not just given to me. just because i know julie. because you know that could have been silly. in terms of just personal feelings with this. julie taymor was somebody that found you and said, i want you to be peter parker. i want you to be spider-man. how is it? how do you feel when she isn t is not there anymore? i miss julie terribly. phil mckinley is tremendous. like we, he brought so much to the show. but i mean on a personal level and creative level. julie has such a unique energy. she s julie taymor. i miss being around her every day. we will always be friends. i hope to get to work with her in the future. yeah, she is a class act. and brilliant talent. all is not well in peter parkerville.
as everybody started bailing. people were saying he hasn t been on the campaign trail too much. many times when, staffers of this sort, they want to attach their wagon to some one who is really going to go for it. that could be part of it. there is other speculation. he says he will carry on. see what happens. then it was a very tough day, a gruesome day in court at the casey anthony murder trial. the photos that were shown to the jury that made the mom ill. also, she was taken out of court after seeing them. excused herself at one point. a riveting and disturbing trial. it s hard to look away from some of the stuff. whole thing just heartbreaking. absolutely. after months of setbacks and injuries, spider-man: turn off the dark is finally set to open here on broadway. the show s star gives us a peek behind the scenes of the current blockbuster musical. you know, bono and the edge are contributing music to this. they got involved at one point. julie taymar, a famous direct