Make one of the biggest failures in Broadway history and the most expensive musical in history a success bonus points if you keep the same script from the first previews the same .
In terms of the original script didn't the Geek Chorus border on outright insulting the likely audience?
The story structure in the original script didn't make a whole lot of sense.
Arachne is an interesting idea for a villain-but the interlocking story thing is a bit too complicated to work effectively.
The plot problem with the revised version is that it cut not just the the confusing Geek Chorus-but the entire Arachne plot-while inexplicably keeping Arachne herself in the show.