Spider-Man musical coming to Broadway

Spider-Man musicalcoming to Broadway
NEW YORK -- Spider-Man is swinging his way to the Great White Way.
A Broadway musical based on the web-slinging superhero is in the works, Marvel Studios said Friday. It will be directed by Tony winner Julie Taymor with new music and lyrics by U2 frontman Bono and guitarist The Edge.
The musical will be the first time a Marvel Comics character has been the subject of a show on Broadway, the company said. No opening date was announced, but Marvel said a reading would take place this summer.
"We are certain this project will delight fans of Spider-Man and new audiences alike," said David Maisel, chairman of Marvel Studios, in a statement.
"Spider-Man 3," starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson, will be released May 4 by Columbia Pictures.
Rolling Stones concertin Belgrade is a go
BELGRADE, Serbia -- The Rolling Stones will rock Belgrade this summer even if their performance at the city's main racetrack distresses hundreds of horses stabled at the venue, concert organizers said Friday.
"Preparations for the July 14 concert are going smoothly, there are no problems," Dejan Maksimovic, a director of Music Star Productions, told The Associated Press, shrugging off concerns from an animal rights organization.
Officials of the Hippodrome racecourse acknowledged that some of the finest -- and skittish -- gallopers among the few hundred horses may be given tranquilizers when the Stones unleash their stadium-rocking decibels.
"But we've done that before, this is not the first rock concert at the Hippodrome," said Natasa Pavlovic of the state-run racecourse, adding that an arrangement with concert organizers is nearly finalized. She didn't disclose financial details.
The Organization for Respect and Care for Animals (ORCA) has called for a change of venue, warning of the "inevitable stress that the animals would suffer" from the noise, or from diazepam, which has been used to sedate the animals during previous concerts.
More than 80,000 tickets are being sold for the performance as Serbs hope to finally see the legendary rockers after at least two previous attempts to bring them here failed.
Today's birthdays
Actress Estelle Harris ("Seinfeld") is 75. Singer Glen Campbell is 71. Actor Jack Nicholson is 70. Singer Mel Carter is 64. Movie director John Waters is 61. Singer Peter Frampton is 57. Rock singer-musician Paul Carrack (Mike and the Mechanics; Squeeze) is 56. Actor Joseph Bottoms is 53. Actor Ryan Stiles is 48. Comedian Byron Allen is 46. Actor Chris Makepeace is 43. Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan is 41. Actress Sheryl Lee is 40. Actress Sherri Shepherd is 40. Country singer-musician Heath Wright (Ricochet) is 40. Country singer Kellie Coffey is 36. Actor Eric Mabius is 36. Actor Ingo Rademacher is 36. Rock musician Shavo Odadjian (System of a Down) is 33. Rock singer-musician Daniel Johns (Silverchair) is 28.