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New ‘Spider-Man’ director worked here
La Comedia Dinner Theatre in Springboro now has a connection to the tangled web that extends from the embattled Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”
Philip William McKinley, who was hired on Thursday, March 10, to replace Julie Taymor as director of the spectacle, staged several shows at La Comedia during the 1990s, including the local premiere of the Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston version of the musical “Phantom” in 1992.
On Broadway, McKinley directed the musical “The Boy from Oz” in 2003, starring Hugh Jackman.
It’s just a guess, but a director with the creativity and drive to launch a worthy production on the same floor used beforehand to serve dinner (that’s how La Comedia does it) ought to be able to streamline a show that has had numerous delays, injuries and cost overruns.
Dayton actor Scott Stoney played Carriere in that local production of “Phantom,” which smashed La Comedia’s attendance record and went on from there to tour Europe. Choreography was by Broadway veteran Paula Lynn, who was married to then-La Comedia president Kim Klopcic.
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