PHOTOS & VIDEO: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark's Opens To Fair, Poor Reviews
June 15 2011, Published 7:45 a.m. ET
Breaking Celebrity News Staff Writer
The moment we've been waiting for -- and waiting for -- finally arrived Tuesday night.
After months of well-publicized production woes -- including executive power struggles, a record-$70 million spent, a record-183 previews, six delays and at least four injured performers -- the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark sold out New York's 1,928-seat Foxwoods Theater.
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As for the critics?
Reviews toggled between awful and not-so-bad.
Among those throwing tomatoes ... make that pumpkins:
The New York Times' Ben Brantley: This singing comic book is no longer the ungodly, indecipherable mess it was in February.