Batman and Joker or Spiderman Wins?

Interesting Superhero battle for supremacy yesterday in Gotham as the huge soon-to-be hit movie The Dark Knight, which stars the late Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, and catalog of stars, went up against Spiderman The Musical for the eyes of the media and Broadway gold.  In this corner, The Dark Knight (Batman) went with a full star New York premiere including Danny Devito, Josh Hartnett, Michael Caine, and Broadway’s newest catch Morgan Freeman. In that corner, “Spiderman The Musical” announced an open casting session to be held at The Knitting Factory in New York City on July 28 from 10 to 5pm. They are looking for Peter Parkers with a rock voice. While odds are The Dark Knight will win the most attention this week, in the long term he should remember that a profitable Broadway franchise earns more than a popular movie franchise, “Phantom of the Opera” has generated more revenue than the “Star Wars” series. Take that, Bruce Wayne!

–Broadway Magazine, Broadway.tv

Broadway regular Liev Schreiber and Morgan Freeman attend the after party for “The Dark Knight” at Mandarin Oriental on July 14, 2008 in New York City. Photo by Kambouris/WireImage.com