Uh Oh, Spaghettios

The critics are starting to creep into Spider-Man on Broadway. And from the sounds of it, they agree with my assessment from our visit earlier in December.

Jeremy Gerard, a seasoned critic and theater writer for New York Newsday and The New York Times among other places, expresses sentiments that don't flatter the show. While beginning his critical assessment by revealing that Broadway's most expensive show was "hardly the worst show of all time," Gerard declared that "It is, however, an unfocused hodge-podge of story-telling, myth making and spectacle that comes up short in every department." As for the hope that songs by U2's Bono and The Edge will save the day, Gerard wrote, "Bono and The Edge haven't a clue about writing for the theater."