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The musical is best known for its very, very [[Troubled Production]]. Several actors were injured during rehearsals and previews, falling while performing the show's elaborate aerial stunts. The script underwent several edits, and Julie Taymor was [[Fallen Creator (Darth Wiki)|fired during the show's preview period]]. There were a whopping one hundred and eighty-two performances before the show debuted, the longest preview period in history.
Storywise, the final product is largely based on the first two [[Sam Raimi]] [[Spider Man (Film)|films]], with the [[Classical Mythology|myth of Arachne]] and the ''[[Maximum Carnage]]'' [[Villain Team
== This musical contains examples of the following tropes: ==
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* [[Creator Cameo]]: A few U2 snippets appear in the soundtrack. And "Bouncing Off the Walls" is essentially [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] of "Vertigo."
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Spidey has one with each of the Sinister Six that lasts just a few seconds. In the first version, he even did it ''[[Badass Normal|without]]'' any of his powers.
* [[Did They or Didn't They?]]: Peter blows off fighting crime for a night at home with Mary Jane. A night which he later said was spent with no TV or radio...
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Arachne, as per her myth. Arguably Peter in Version 1.0, where he jumps off a bridge after Mary Jane knowing he's powerless.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|How the Goblin dies. During the final confrontation, Spidey webs him to a piano he'd been using for a musical number, and when the Goblin unintentionally pulls it off the Chrysler Building, he's dragged down with it.}}
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* [[Love Triangle]]: Arachne-Peter-Mary Jane, in Version 1.0 only.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Osborn. His own wife even refers to him as such.
** [[Mad
* [[Medium Awareness]]: The Green Goblin mocks one of Peter's songs in Version 1.0.
** He also directs a few comments at the audience in the current version.
* [[Morality Chain]]: After the death of his wife, Norman grows [[Sanity Slippage|progressively more insane and violent]]. (The [[Body Horror|severe mutations]] could also be a factor, though.)
* [[Never My Fault]]: The Green Goblin. "Emily ... died... ''because of you [Spider-Man]!''"
* [[One
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: The Viper corporation, which offers to fund Osborn's research so he'll create [[Super Soldier|Super Soldiers]] for them.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: The Sinister Six.
* [[Recycled Script]]: The first version had quite a bit of dialogue from the first movie in it. The second got rid of most of it, but scenes like Spider-Man saving a baby from a fire still seem directly lifted.
* [[Screen to Stage Adaptation]]
* [[Self
* [[Self Disposing Villain]]: {{spoiler|The Goblin ends up killing himself accidentally.}}
* [[Shout Out]]: Peter asks Mary Jane if ''The Fantasticks'' is a musical version of the [[Fantastic Four]].
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