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Ads for 'Spider-Man' raise legal questions

Originally published: January 6, 2011 9:55 PM
Updated: January 6, 2011 11:14 PM
By LINDA WINER  linda.winer@newsday.com

Tom Zahner, of Cologne, Germany, leaves the Spider-Man

Photo credit: AP | Tom Zahner, of Cologne, Germany, leaves the Spider-Man box office after purchasing tickets to a preview of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." (Dec. 21, 2010)

Now there are legal questions about the advertising for "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."

Bill de Blasio, public advocate for the City of New York, is urging the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs to make producers tell theatergoers when they are buying seats to a preview instead of a finished show.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Commissioner Jonathan Mintz, de Blasio cites the...

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