'Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark' Shuts Down On Broadway After Dismal Ticket Sales In New York City

The Broadway superhero musical "Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark" will be shutting its doors in New York City in January 2014.

The show has suffered from poor ticket sales, six injuries from actors and a very public firing of their first led director Julie Taymor. However, "Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark" isn't completely dead. The musical will be heading to Sin City, opening again in 2015.

"We can have a more exciting and better show in Las Vegas. To me, Las Vegas is the town of show business," Michael Cohl told the Associated Press. "If you look at our show, it's much, much more a spectacle and a Vegas show than a Broadway show. So I think we're going to have a great time there."

Show producer Jeremiah Harris told The Wall Street Journal the show will financially fair better in Las Vegas, Nev.

"Economically we have a greater opportunity in the Las Vegas market," Harris said. "Over the last week we've finalized all the creative deals, and are in serious negotiations with a venue in Las Vegas."

According to AP, the show made $742,595 last week, "less than half its $1,543,508 potential despite a Foxwoods Theatre that was three-quarters full." The show is reportedly Broadway's most expensive production at a total budget of $75 million.

"It's no secret that September and October were not a lot of fun. It was screaming at us: 'The time has come.' And so there it is. It's come," Cohl said. "We expect to have a good run through the rest of the year, and the last couple of weeks of December we expect to be fantastic because they have been the last years."

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