Spider-Man, new musical is seeking it's 'Peter Parker' and 'Mary Jane'

The new Broadway musical based on comic book hero Spider-Man is seeking its 'Peter Parker' and 'Mary Jane' in open auditions, as well as a principle female character.

The description for the auditions:

Peter Parker'': male, 16-20�s, great Rock voice, can be nerdy with understated sex appeal, good sense of humor.

Mary Jane: female, 16-20�s, beautiful girl next door, strong pop/rock singing voice.

Principal Woman: female, 25-35 years old, Amazing Rock vocals, think Sinead O�Connor with a Middle Eastern /Bulgarian/Greek/ twist. Foreign, world music types are great, foreign accents are great! All ethnicities.

As previously announced Spider-Man will be directed by Julie Taymor, who was the first female director to receive a Tony for Best director for her work in Walt Disney's Broadway musical, The Lion King.

Bono and The Edge have written for the stage before, composing songs for a Royal Shakespeare Company production of 'A Clockwork Orange' in the 1990s.

Little is known about the plot for Spider-Man, though a reading of the musical in New York on 12 and 13 Jul 2007 included the characters 'Peter Parker/Spider-Man,' his love interest 'Mary Jane,' super-villain 'Norman Osborn/Green Goblin,' and 'J. Jonah Jameson,' publisher of The Daily Bugle.

A Variety report in Apr 2007 said the musical would include two villains "Norman Osborn, aka the Green Goblin, and the seductive she-Spidey Arachne. Also in the mix is something called a 'Geek Chorus,' a group of comicbook fanboys (and a token fangirl)."

Spider-Man will be produced by Marvel Entertainment in association with Hello Entertainmet, David Garfinkle and Martin McCallum.