In a fairly peculiar bit of news, plans are afoot to produce a stage monstrosity called Spider-Man: The Musical. Also, just to boost things from peculiar to peculiar-riffic, Marilyn Manson is pimping himself for a role in the production.
Of course, there’s more to this story. Spider-Man: The Musical is the brainchild of Julie Taymor, who worked on the Broadway production of The Lion King and directed Across the Universe, playing right now to rather tepid reviews. According to Ms. Taymor: “Marilyn asked me if he could have a part. The funny thing is, he really liked the music on my new movie.” Side-splitting, particularly when you consider that Marilyn’s new girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood is one of the two stars of the movie and sings a couple of songs.
Actually, scratch that Mary Jane Watson suggestion. Cast Marilyn as Doctor Octo-Pedo and Evan Rachel Wood as the ridiculously young girl he’s got sinister designs on. That would move this production from “worst thing on Broadway” to “must-see worst thing on Broadway.”
And another thing: Check out the end of the linked article for the extended, big-production-values version of Dancing Spiderman . . .
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I saw his gal-pal on Jimmy Kimmel last night and aftr wattching her, I couldn’t help but think that there will come a day when she says to herself “WTF was I thinking?!”
She’s a real actress and, reportedly, a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She’s also in the new Beatles musical ‘Across the Universe’. I can’t wait to see it.
Evan is seriously pretty, and the review I linked to said she was one of the best things about “Across the Universe.” But hooking up with Marilyn Manson suggests that in some profound way her cheese has slipped off the cracker.
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