Thursday, May 21, 2026

Spectacular television pilot the Making of The Spi

Spectacular | Livestream Replay

Join us for SPECTACULAR, a television pilot about the making of the Spider-man musical, Turn Off the Dark. Adapted for the stage, featuring puppetry, live scoring, and the mightiest cast of actors ever assembled, SPECTACULAR tells the story of smart, well-meaning, creative geniuses making the dumbest possible decisions.



 


Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker (The Thrilling Adventure Hour) & Liz Hara (Sesame Street).


Live scoring by Adam Blau (Dead To Me; You’re the Worst)


Directed by Ben Blacker


Starring: 

Ben Feldman (Superstore; Long Story Short) 

Randall Park (WandaVision; Always Be My Maybe) 

Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Succession) 

Mireille Enos (For All Mankind; The Killing) 

Iman Vellani (Miss Marvel) 

Melissa Benoist (Supergirl; The Waterfront) 

Gabriel Luna (The Last of Us; Agents of SHIELD) 

Amy Hill (Magnum PI; Ballard) 

Demi Adejuyigbe (Dropout) 

Craig Cackowski (The Pitt) 

Sydney Steinberg (UCB, comedy)

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Spectacular a television pilot the making of that spider-man musical

 Spectacular | Livestream Replay

Join us for SPECTACULAR, a television pilot about the making of the Spider-man musical, Turn Off the Dark. Adapted for the stage, featuring puppetry, live scoring, and the mightiest cast of actors ever assembled, SPECTACULAR tells the story of smart, well-meaning, creative geniuses making the dumbest possible decisions.



Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker (The Thrilling Adventure Hour) & Liz Hara (Sesame Street).


Live scoring by Adam Blau (Dead To Me; You’re the Worst)


Directed by Ben Blacker


Starring: 

Ben Feldman (Superstore; Long Story Short) 

Randall Park (WandaVision; Always Be My Maybe) 

Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Succession) 

Mireille Enos (For All Mankind; The Killing) 

Iman Vellani (Miss Marvel) 

Melissa Benoist (Supergirl; The Waterfront) 

Gabriel Luna (The Last of Us; Agents of SHIELD) 

Amy Hill (Magnum PI; Ballard) 

Demi Adejuyigbe (Dropout) 

Craig Cackowski (The Pitt) 

Sydney Steinberg (UCB, comedy)



Monday, May 18, 2026

The cast Spectacular at Dynasty Trypewriter

 The cast of “Spectacular” at Dynasty Typewriter in LA 

During a reading of “Spectacular” at Dynasty Typewriter in LA



Tuesday, May 12, 2026

May 16 at dyanasty typewriter theater


 So incredibly, uncannily excited for this show on Saturday! Ticket link in bio. You can attend live or stream or watch on demand. Options for your busy schedule!

It’s a staged version of a pilot script that bnacker hara3461 + I wrote about the making of the Spider-man musical, “Turn Off The Dark.”

And what a cast!

Ben Feldman (Superstore; Long Story Short)

Randall Park (WandaVision; Always Be My Maybe)

Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Succession)

Mireille Enos (For All Mankind; The Killing)

Iman Vellani (Miss Marvel)

Melissa Benoist (Supergirl; The Waterfront)

Gabriel Luna (The Last of Us; Agents of SHIELD)

Amy Hill (Magnum PI; Ballard)

Demi Adejuyigbe (Dropout)

Craig Cackowski (The Pitt)

Sydney Steinberg (UCB, comedy)

Cyrina Fiallo (High Potential)

Tom Choi (Squid Game)


Live scoring by Adam Blau (Dead to Me)

Puppetry! Actual staging!

Don’t miss this one.



Spectacular television pilot the Making of The Spi

Spectacular | Livestream Replay Join us for SPECTACULAR, a television pilot about the making of the Spider-man musical, Turn Off the Dark. A...