Bono and the Edge were recently interviewed by U.K radio personality Edith Brown and revealed a few tidbits regarding the Spider-Man musical that is being directed by Julie Tambor (The Lion King, Across the Universe) with a hopeful opening date of February 18, 2010 at Broadway's Hilton Theatre with possible preview performances starting on January 16, 2010.

"We've got a new villain, it's a girl. It's a very extraordinary role. We've taken it to a much more dizzy place than you'd expect. We've got big tunes. We're very proud of it," said Bono.

Bono also says that the Broadway versions of the Marvel characters are different from previous films and comics.

"Our Peter Parker is much more...not Kurt Cobain, but a kind of slacker, a more kind of shy sort of guy," adds Bono.

Guitarist the Edge also gives more details: "It touches on opera, it touches on rock 'n' roll. There are some real character driven songs as well, very unusual song types for us. It is a new challenge. The thing is we don't really like musicals. Most musicals are really pants. They're really not very cool. It is much more like opera than a straight musical. We're actually not calling it a musical for that reason because we don't want to put people off. We just thought, 'Well if we're going to do this we should do something that knocks it out of the park and hits on every level with great tunes'."

Evan Rachel Wood is on Bono's favorite actress shortlist, "She's the greatest actor of her generation, she's the one to watch," said Bono. "She happens to sing like a bird, it's like a true voice. She's a very pure spirit and a very bright mind and she brings the part of MJ to life really."

And Edge was also able to put Spidey fans minds to rest, Spider-Man will not sing, "We made one rule for ourselves though that we would never have Spider-Man singing. A guy singing in tights can't happen."

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