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Broadway's Spider-Man Nabs Its Mary Jane and Goblin

Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming have landed lead roles in Broadway's upcoming Spider-Man musical.In Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, Wood — who crooned Beatles tunes in Across the Universe — will play Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker's mild-mannered love interest.Check out photos of Wood throughout her careerTony Award winner Cumming (Cabaret), meanwhile, will go bad as Norman Osborn/the Green Goblin....

Matt Mitovich June 28, 2009 at 12:46 p.m. PT

Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming have landed lead roles in Broadway's upcoming Spider-Man musical.
In Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, Wood — who crooned Beatles tunes in Across the Universe — will play Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker's mild-mannered love interest.

Check out photos of Wood throughout her career

Tony Award winner Cumming (Cabaret), meanwhile, will go bad as Norman Osborn/the Green Goblin.Kirsten Dunst and Willem Dafoe played the characters in the big-screen Spider-Man.The casting of Peter/Spidey will be announced "very soon," the show's producers said in a statement.Broadway's take on the webslinger begins previews Feb. 17, 2010, at the Hilton Theater. Music and Lyrics are by Bono and the Edge, and two-time Tony winner Julie Taymor (The Lion King) will direct.