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Sources close to the production say the musical’s producers need to raise as much as million to cover a -million budget.

by John Horn

As this Spider-Man tale opens, the audience sees New York City « on fire and in ruins » as « a section of the Brooklyn Bridge ascends with Mary Jane bound and dangling helplessly from the bridge. » Soon thereafter, a new villainess called Arachne flies into the picture spinning her own deadly trap, and as Spider-Man battles all kinds of criminals he’s swinging right over the audience.

It sounds like the 3-D opening for the next « Spider-Man » sequel, and even though this superhero story is filled with Hollywood-style special effects, it is instead a glimpse from a confidential script of a planned « Spider-Man » musical — the priciest undertaking, and among the most troubled productions, in Broadway history.

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