Actor injured in Spiderman tonight

[musicalman2]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:09pm

Twitter reporting that an actor injured in Spiderman when a wire snapped. Shoe cancelled in mid-performance. Ambulances on the scene. Sounded serious. Hope the actor is ok, and they stop this MADNESS soon.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:11pm

How long's it gonna be until an actor falls on an audience member and we're all privy to the Lawsuit of the Century?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:11pm

I just posted something similar in the preview thread. This is getting scary and the body count is growing.

[PurpleFanta]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:13pm

Someone on Twitter is saying that an actor fell at least two levels without a harness. That's some scary stuff.

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:14pm

Apparently, early word is that it is whoever was playing Spider-Man, so I'm guessing it was Reeve Carney.

[musicalman2]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:15pm

aren't there multiple spiderman actors because of the way they do the flying?

[suttonfoster]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:16pm

i thought the show was dark tonight?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:16pm

Yes, they have "Team Spider-man" for the aerial work.

I am so scared that the next report we get is that someone died. Is that what it's going to take? A death?

[TheRyanOConnorShow]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:16pm

Word is that it was an aerialist, so I am guessing it is not Reeve, but a sort of "stunt" performer.

Updated On: 12/20/10 at 11:16 PM

[purtynpynk]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:17pm

someone in the preview said that Spiderman fell on top of Mary Jane...so would that mean that both are injured?

[musicalman2]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:18pm

I am sure we will know more tomorrow. I hope the injury/ies is/are not serious.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:18pm

Spider-Man on Broadway. Stopped short near end. Someone took nasty fall. Screaming. 911 called. No idea what happened, kicked audience out.
http://twitter.com/BrianLynch/status/17064553862926336

Crew rushed out. Someone called for 911. Ended the show early with no explanation. Ambulances came immediately.
http://twitter.com/BrianLynch/status/17068310097035264

No joke. No explanation. MJ and Spidey took what seemed to be a planned fall into the stage pit. Then we heard MJ screaming.
http://twitter.com/BrianLynch/status/17067118042284032

My friend @Steventartick is at Spider-Man the musical and apparently some actor just fell two stories without a harness.
http://twitter.com/aurosan/status/17066944846897152

"We're gonna hold...we're gonna hold...ladies and gentlemen, there's been a slight pause in the production..."
http://twitter.com/activecultures/status/17062426369331201

No, really...they just cancelled the rest if Spider-man. This is really effed up. Looked like his tether didn't hold or something.
http://twitter.com/activecultures/status/17063305210241024

Updated On: 12/20/10 at 11:18 PM

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:19pm

Honestly, if the fall was from as high as people are saying I don't see how it couldn't be serious. Broken bones at the very least. I hope it's just a leg or an arm and not the spine.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:20pm

Could this be the final nail in the coffin?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:21pm

ljay, I seriously hope so. Nothing is worth this. Not even Julie's ego.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:24pm

the show needs to end now!! This sounds like a very serious injury with possibly broken arms and/or legs.

[lakezurich]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:24pm

This sounds awful, I hope everyone is alright.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:26pm

@SteveOnBroadway yes, MJ screamed after spidey took the fall- then heard someone scream "some call 911" before I knew what was happening
http://twitter.com/livsimas/status/17070819574288385

I think I lost my theater innocence- I never comprehended how live and unpredictable it can be.
http://twitter.com/livsimas/status/17071682787213312

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:26pm

A coworker of mine broke his back from a shorter height and he fell flat. If this guy fell on some stuff that bent him or put him at an odd angle things could be very ugly indeed.

I broke my back when I was in high school and I only fell from a foot or two.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:27pm

Why do I get the feeling there's a lot of Freudian wish fulfillment going on whenever one of these Spiderman injury announcement threads appears?

I love this tweet: Reddingwb I hear now that during the next U2 tour they will do a tribute scrolling the names of people injured during The Spiderman broadway show.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:27pm

That is really terrifying...I hope everyone involved is all right, but that sounds really really serious.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:27pm

Snapping wires will certainly get the show shut down for awhile. This is clearly an unsafe work environment at this point. Expect performances to be cancelled.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:30pm

The actor fell twenty feet.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/manhattan/actor-hurt-in-broadway-spider-man-20101220

[musicalman2]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:30pm

Here is a report from someone who was there:

Just home from the Spiderman, Jennifer Damiano is hanging off a bridge, spiderman grabs her and the drop, it was obvious something had happen, a wire shot out into the audience and at that point there was an extremely loud thump and then screaming from a female that continued for a while.
The house was silent, the screaming turned to sobs. The curtain dropped and within 2 minutes the show was canceled. I waited outside and saw a stretcher carrying a man still in the Spiderman suit being put into ambulance. Very scary.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/20/10 at 11:32pm

Holy crap. I hope everyone is okay. I have tickets for early January and I hope they can get everything together by then. But clearly the safety of the actors/audience is more important than staying on schedule performance-wise. They should obviously do whatever they have to do to avoid problems like this in the future.