The Spider-Man musical has the last laugh, says Nick Allen at telegraph.co.uk. Troubled with gadgetry that didn’t work quite right, flying actors that fell from the ceiling, and a flock of mocking reviews, Broadway’s 
“Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" has been turned around and has become successful at the box office. More than half a million people have now seen show. The $70 million production, the most expensive in Broadway history, took in $1.7 million a week over the summer. As evidence of its continuing success, “producers of the musical, featuring music by U2's Bono and The Edge, announced that the star Reeve Carney, who had been scheduled to leave in November, has extended his contract until May. Said he: "I am thrilled to be on stage nightly as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. I can't imagine a more wonderful, harder-working company than my mates on Broadway."
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