Written by Arya Ponto
Tuesday, twelve April 2011
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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 forged and costume during a media launch in London. At the very least, they're already doing three things right: the script is written by a comic book author, it has no newly created-up villain, and Bono is nowhere near this issue.
Yes, because the producers keep stressing, this can 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 have anything against a Batman musical (Hey, The Brave and also the Bold did it brilliantly), however it's probably higher for this production to target stunts and awes instead of songs, and to draw as much distinction as doable from one among the largest trainwrecks in Broadway history.
In the video below, watch as Joker introduces the other villains, before having his monologue interrupted by you-understand-who.
The actor will a reasonably smart Joker. The body language of Cesar Romero combined with the deep, lip-smacking voice of Heath Ledger? As so much as Joker actings go, abundant worse have come and gone.
The media launch conjointly showed the concept designs for what the world can look like, including this beautiful badass miniature Gotham City. Other sets embrace Arkham Asylum (naturally), Penguin's Iceberg Lounge, Wayne Manor, the Batcave, and the big High circus scene where Dick Grayson's parents tragically die, pushing him to become Batman's sidekick Robin. On top of the sets, the show conjointly features a brand new style of the Batmobile, concocted by Formula One designer Gordon Murray.
All this, for but one/three of Flip Off the Dark's budget.
The hardest factor to abdomen, and is probably to be the first gripe individuals can fixate on, is the look of Batman and Robin's costumes, that are too shut to Joel Schumacher for comfort. Do not let it shadow the full production, though, as a result of A) They do not have nipples, and B) No one has nevertheless to tug off a satisfactory and convincing live-action Batman costume, anyway. Even in Batman Begins, it 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 in every 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 are going for a more colourful, comic book look. Some Batman fans will insist that Batman can solely be portrayed in an exceedingly dark and edgy urban crime context, which is asking 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 isn't sidelining Robin's existence. Way from it: the story really centers on Dick Grayson's journey into turning into Robin. Sadly, for whatever reason, that they had to create him an older teen a la Batman Forever, rather than a 10-year-previous child.
The specialise in Robin makes sense knowing the writer, Allan Heinberg. Heinberg has had success as a TV author on shows like Sex & the City, The OC and Grey's Anatomy, but is better known to comic fans as a writer on Wonder Woman and, a lot of importantly, because the creator of Young Avengers. He's no stranger to the coming-of-age stories of teenage superheroism.
It's a neat plan, extremely. Batman, Joker, and every one the other villains can be iconic and set in place, however have the audience align with Dick, who sees these folks because the mythic figures they're and must enter that world.
The show premieres July nineteen in Manchester.
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