On Monday night, an actor in the embattled Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was injured in a failed stunt that caused him to fall 30 feet to the ground resulting in the immediate end of the performance and the cancellation of the following day’s performances. Today we learn that after a thorough investigation, [...]
On Monday night, an actor in the embattled Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was injured in a failed stunt that caused him to fall 30 feet to the ground resulting in the immediate end of the performance and the cancellation of the following day’s performances. Today we learn that after a thorough investigation, the accident was ruled a matter of “human error” and the show has been given the green light to resume performances starting tonight.
Actors’ Equity Association, the labor union representing American actors and stage managers in the theatre, released its third statement Dec. 21, following the Dec. 20 injury of actor Christopher Tierney in the new musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark at the Foxwoods Theatre … The statement reads, “Actors’ Equity Association worked today with the Department of Labor, OSHA and the production to determine that the cause of the accident at last night’s performance of Spiderman was, in fact, human error. Further protocols are now being implemented, including redundancies recommended by Equity, the DOL and OSHA, to address this situation as well as other elements of the production. Equity continues to vigilantly monitor the production for the safety of its members.”
Director Julie Taymor, who has been ceaselessly championing her embattled show thruout all of its increasingly public problems, issued a statement regarding this latest accident:
“An accident like this is obviously heartbreaking for our entire team and, of course, to me personally. I am so thankful that Chris [Tierney] is going to be all right and is in great spirits. Nothing is more important than the safety of our Spider-Man family, and we’ll continue to do everything in our power to protect the cast and crew.”
Because Tierney was not seriously injured and because the accident was ruled a matter of “human error” (i.e. the show is not inherently “dangerous”), Turn Off the Dark has been cleared to resume performances starting tonight (today’s matinee performance has been canceled). So … the Little Spider that Could keeps on singing, dancing and flyin’ around on his merry way in the hopes of salvaging a $65 million dollar project that still, IMHO, seems doomed to failure. This is good news for fans (like me) who really want to see the show before it closes … but is potentially bad news for the Spider-Man players who continue to put themselves in harm’s way just to put on a Broadway musical. How long ’til the next accident? Will the next accident end the show for good?
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