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" Soaring through the air nightly, playing in a band, hanging out with music legend, Bono \u2014 this might sound like the ultimate rockstar fantasy, but, for Reeve Carney, it&amp;#039;s just life. The singer/songwriter-turned-Broadway-star is currently playing the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the mega musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Lights. Reeve is far from the typical Broadway star. His co-star, Jennifer Damiano, first appeared on stage when she was nine, but, Reeve&amp;#039;s true passion has always been music. Luckily for him, he found a way to his bring his band, Carney, on stage with him in Spider-Man! Check out how Reeve gave his band the break of a lifetime, what it&amp;#039;s like hanging out with Bono, and how he dealt wtih all the infamous hardships of the show. 17: So you booked Spiderman, and then how did you work it out to have your band play in the show? RC: The director, Julie Taymor, discovered me in a club called the Mercury Lounge, downtown (in New York City), about three years ago Based on seeing us, she said &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;d make a great prince in my film!&amp;quot; So she had me audition for The Tempest, and I ended up getting that park. Based on my work with her in that film, she thought I might be a good candidate to play Peter Parker. Once I had the part, I said, &amp;quot;Julie, I know you like my band, I don&amp;#039;t know if there&amp;#039;s room for the band in the show, but if you&amp;#039;re interested I know my band would love to do it.&amp;quot; And it just worked out. Bono and the Edge wanted a band because they come from a band. It&amp;#039;s great because all these people who come to see Spiderman have found out about us. 17: What was it like the first time you met Bono? RC: It was crazy, because he looks exactly like Bono! He always has the awesome sunglasses. I saw him walking down 43rd street once coming to the theater with no sunglasses on and a scarf over his mouth. He said, &amp;quot;Most rockstars put sunglasses on to disguise themselves, I take mine off!&amp;quot; That&amp;#039;s his disguise, taking off the sunglasses!  17: What inspires you during the songwriting process? RC: I write about my life and my own experience, but I also write about things that I have no knowledge of whatsoever. Sometimes there&amp;#039;s a song where you don&amp;#039;t necessarily know what it&amp;#039;s about, but that almost adds to the beauty of it. I don&amp;#039;t actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their imagination. I think that&amp;#039;s the whole point of music \u2014 to inspire people. 17: Do you think the hardships of the show have helped with the bonding aspect? RC: Oh yeah, definitely. One of the most major events was when our friend Chris Tierney got injured in the show. That brought everyone together. It could have torn people apart in some ways \u2014 it definitely tore us apart individually \u2014 but it brought us all together as a group. 17: What do you say to yourself in those moments where it just feels like enough is enough? RC: Combination of pep talk and frustration. All that stuff helps as an actor, though. That&amp;#039;s the cool thing. No matter what you&amp;#039;re going through, as long as you have some specific emotion, whether it&amp;#039;s positive or negative, it is all stuff that you can use on stage. 17: Are you dating anyone? RC: You know, that&amp;#039;s a good question. I don&amp;#039;t actually have an answer for you. I&amp;#039;ve tried. But it&amp;#039;s challenging. 17: So you might be dating someone, but it&amp;#039;s hard? A costar? RC: There are rumors. I&amp;#039;ve read that. 17: That means it&amp;#039;s true! RC: I really don&amp;#039;t have an answer for you. But Jennifer Damiano is lovely. Can&amp;#039;t get enough of Reeve? You can get &amp;quot;Rise Above&amp;quot; (featuring Bono), and Carney&amp;#039;s Mr. Green Vol. 1 on iTunes now. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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