Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark a listener and ironically not offering ambience or story enough to suggest that the musical would entertain." The concept album features alternate orchestrations and arrangements not featured in the Broadway productions and omits a number of songs including "The Myth of Arachne," "Behold and Wonder," "Bullying By Numbers," "Venom," "Spider-Man!" "I'll Take Manhattan" and the finale "A New Dawn." Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a musical with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge, and a book by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger, with revisions by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The musical is based on
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark the Dark" officially opened on June 14, 2011, it had set the record for the longest preview period in Broadway history – 182 performances. Critical reception of the opening was better than for the previews, but mixed, with praise for the visual effects but little enthusiasm for the book and score. "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is the most expensive Broadway production in history, and also once held the box office record for Broadway sales in one week, taking in $2.9 million over nine performances. The production closed on January 4, 2014. Although often described as a rock musical, the