Merrick here...
THIS piece in The Hollywood Reporter brings us a look at BATMAN LIVE, which opens in Manchester this July and will ultimately make its way to North America late Summer 2012. BATMAN LIVE is an $20 million "arena spectacular" in the vein of WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - Nick Grace is instrumental in bringing us both.
THR says...
The show is a coming-of-age story telling the origin of Robin.
Here's a look at some characters and costumes from the production...
So...I mean...can it be?...that...just maybe...Joel Schumacher was actually ahead of his time?
I wonder who would win in a smackdown between gaudy stage superheroes - TURN OFF THE DARK's Spider-Man, or this Batman? My money's on The Bat, if for no other reason than we haven't heard of him getting stuck in mid-air for nearly an hour and needing to be pulled in with a giant hook (apparently a true story from a TURN OFF THE DARK performance - I would've given anything to have been there for that one).
You can learn more about the show via its official site, HERE.
— follow Merrick on Twitter ! ---
