Then our superhero will rise again: Julie Taymor, the greatest director in the world.
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The Lion King was a phenomenal success because Julie Taymor is a genius: right?
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But for Spiderman, Taymor designed elaborate flying equipment that cost too much to install twice.
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Reports say that an official statement on Taymor could come as early as today.
Nevertheless, I will be sad to see Taymor go, if the reports are true.
David Brooks, Roger Ebert, Julie Taymor, and Bobby McFerrin were among the recognizable names on the program.
The actor played Ariel in Julie Taymor's recent film adaptation of The Tempest opposite Dame Helen Mirren.
The Disney production continues, fourteen years on, under the bold scenic and sculptural hand of Julie Taymor.
Taymor has a reputation for being tenacious, strong-willed, and risk-taking, and this goes back to her youth.
Julie Taymor has left the troubled Broadway spectacular Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, according to unconfirmed reports.
But at the time I spoke to Taymor, there was a real lack of recognition for women directors.
Taymor hired experts to help with the script, stage design and costumes, but the main ideas were all hers.
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The reviews are unanimous: the Taymor version was a spectacular disaster, and this new one is a ho-hum success.
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We now know enough to see what Taymor did wrong as a leader.
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The Lion King made Taymor a superhero of the theater, but every comic-book reader knows that each superhero has specific powers.
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On opening night, Taymor received a standing ovation and kisses from cast members, as well as from Bono and The Edge.
Two years ago, I interviewed Taymor for one of my first ForbesWoman stories, about the lack of female directors in Hollywood.
That leads to the next big question: did Taymor learn her lesson?
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As for the story itself, Taymor threw out even the basic storyline from Spiderman comics and movies and thought up her own from scratch.
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It started life without a soul, the collective effort of once-creative artists like Taymor and Bono now resigned to parodying their own best work.
Manhattan federal Judge Katherine Forrest had set a May 27 trial date after lawyers for Taymor asked that the case move forward because a settlement was never finalized.
What did Taymor get from the Spiderman comics and movies?
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Taymor had alleged that the show hadn't been re-imagined after her firing and that what audiences are seeing at the Foxwoods Theatre is essentially the same show she directed.
It was incredibly difficult getting Taymor on the phone, and I was repeatedly warned by her publicist that I would only have a few minutes to speak to her.
After Taymor left, writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, director Philip William McKinley and choreographer Chase Brock cleaned up a story that had wandered into darker and mythological themes, while Bono and The Edge reworked the songs.
Taymor deserved all her success and praise.
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They in turn recruited Taymor.
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