Rock singer Reeve Carney will play 'Peter Parker' in the upcoming "Spider-Man" musical, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark", featuring the first stage characterization of the Marvel Comics' villain, the 'Green Goblin'.
The $40 million production will open on Broadway in 2010 @ New York City's Hilton Theatre, currently under extensive renovation to accommodate the planned web-swinging stunts, directed by Julie "The Lion King" Taymor.
Music/lyrics for the new show is by U2's Bono and The Edge.
Carney, who has appeared in several films including Taymor's upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" is the lead singer of the band 'Carney'.
"Spider-Man" cast also includes Alan Cumming as 'Norman Osborn', aka the 'Green Goblin' and Evan Rachel Wood as 'Mary Jane Watson', Parker's girlfriend....
