The Onion Reports: Bomb Drops on 'Spider-Man' Musical

Following the seemingly unending reports of injuries and financial setbacks that have plagued the production for months, satirical fake news site The Onion has inevitably used the disastrous Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark for its own comedic gain.

The Onion "reports" in "Nuclear Bomb Detonates During Rehearsal For 'Spider-Man' Musical":

In yet another setback for the $65 million dollar Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark—a production plagued by multiple delays, poor early reviews, and severe injuries to its cast and crew—a thermonuclear device detonated during the first act of Tuesday night's preview performance. "The bomb should not have gone off at all," said lead producer Michael Cohl, adding that the explosion that vaporized most of Manhattan was "not that unusual" for a major Broadway show still in development...

Read the full "News in Brief" at TheOnion.com.

-- Daniel Lehman