Spiderman + Bono and The Edge + Julie Taymor = Nerd Bliss

It's Wednesday. I could either mention that Broadway is turning Clueless in to a musical and let a little bit more of my artistic soul die, or I could recount Melissa Gilbert on Chelsea Lately last night (they mostly talked about coke and Rob Lowe and can you blame them?), or I could happily indulge in a few of my favorite things: Bono, The Edge, Julie Taymor and Spiderman. Did I also mention Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming are signed on to the project? Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark will make a Broadway debut in January, 2010. I simply can't wait.

Bliss. Bliss. Bliss.

-Kari G.

The Met Goes to the Movies!

In an exciting first for the company, the Metropolitan Opera will transmit its December 30 matinee of Mozart's The Magic Flute into movie theaters in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.-live and in high definition. This 100-minute adaptation of Julie Taymor's (of Lion King fame) spectacular production, with a text in English, hits the big screen in HD with cinema surround sound. The first of six operas to be broadcast live into movie theaters this season as part of the Met's efforts to reach a broader audience, Flute will be followed on screen by I Puritani (January 6), The First Emperor (January 13), Eugene Onegin (February 24), Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville, March 24), and Il Trittico (April 28). In Tampa, Regal Citrus Park Stadium 20 will be showing all simulcasts. To purchase tickets and gain more information click here.

-Kari G.