Written by Arya Ponto
Tuesday, 12 April 201one
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Fear that the upcoming Batman Live stage tour can mirror the disastrous Spider-man: Flip Off the Dark Broadway show was addressed today when the production unveiled the solid and costume in an exceedingly media launch in London. At the terribly least, they are already doing three things right: the script is written by a comic book author, it's no newly made-up villain, and Bono is nowhere near this thing.
Yes, as the producers keep stressing, this will not be a musical like Turn Off the Dark, despite being directed by Anthony Van Laast, who's famous for choreographing musicals like Mamma Mia!, Sister Act and Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. Not that I even have something against a Batman musical (Hey, The Brave and therefore the Bold did it brilliantly), however it's most likely higher for this production to concentrate on stunts and awes instead of songs, and to draw as abundant distinction as potential from one of the most important trainwrecks in Broadway history.
In the video below, watch as Joker introduces the opposite villains, before having his monologue interrupted by you-apprehend-who.
The actor does a pretty good Joker. The body language of Cesar Romero combined with the deep, lip-smacking voice of Heath Ledger? As way as Joker actings go, abundant worse have return and gone.
The media launch conjointly showed the concept designs for what the world can appear as if, together with this gorgeous badass miniature Gotham City. Different sets include Arkham Asylum (naturally), Penguin's Iceberg Lounge, Wayne Manor, the Batcave, and the big Prime circus scene where Dick Grayson's oldsters tragically die, pushing him to become Batman's sidekick Robin. On prime of the sets, the show also features a whole new design of the Batmobile, concocted by Formula One designer Gordon Murray.
All this, for less than 1/3 of Turn Off the Dark's budget.
The hardest issue to abdomen, and is probably to be the primary gripe individuals will fixate on, is the design of Batman and Robin's costumes, that are too close to Joel Schumacher for comfort. Do not let it shadow the whole production, though, as a result of A) They do not have nipples, and B) No one has yet to pull off a satisfactory and convincing live-action Batman costume, anyway. Even in Batman Begins, it absolutely was additional like Fat and Cannot Breathe Leather Man Begins, that they then had to flip into a dirtbike get-up in The Dark Knight.
Speaking of—one of my initial worries when this was announced was that they might strive to piggyback off of the Christopher Nolan movies, but it appearance like they're going for a additional colorful, comic book look. Some Batman fans will insist that Batman can solely be portrayed in a very dark and edgy urban crime context, that is posing for a betrayal of the character's made history.
It's a smart thing that, despite Nolan's insistence on Batman being a lone vigilante, the show is not sidelining Robin's existence. Far from it: the story truly centers on Dick Grayson's journey into becoming Robin. Sadly, for whatever reason, they had to create him an older teen a la Batman Forever, instead of a ten-year-previous kid.
The specialise in Robin is smart knowing the author, Allan Heinberg. Heinberg has had success as a TV author on shows like Sex & the City, The OC and Grey's Anatomy, however is healthier known to comic fans as a author on Wonder Woman and, more importantly, because the creator of Young Avengers. He's no stranger to the approaching-of-age stories of teenage superheroism.
It's a neat idea, really. Batman, Joker, and every one the other villains will be iconic and set in place, however have the audience align with Dick, who sees these folks because the mythic figures they're and has got to enter that world.
The show premieres July nineteen in Manchester.
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