Actor injured this afternoon in Little Mermaid — Page 2

So scary! Most definitely wishing him a speedy recovery. This kind of thing should never happen to anyone!

Disney stop. Just stop.

They usually mention show info at the end of any story relating to a show.

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I hope he is doing better. Wishing him all the best!

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I was at the show today when it happened. I was sitting first row orchestra with my friend. Before the curtain came up (at about 2:00) we heard this loud boom and someone scream for an ambulance. Then we heard the sirens a few minutes later and saw flashing lights coming from behind the curtain. It was so scary! We thought a piece of the set fell on someone. Thank god he only broke his wrists, we thought it was a lot worse than that from the sound of it. I really hope he recovers quickly!

You would think that with the amount of un safe things going on on a Broadway set that someone would do something. I find it sad that producers want to mount these major spectial musicals. Yet, they don't care about the saftey of it just so long as they could save a few bucks in the end.

Look at something like Wicked for example. It is one of the most technical sets on Broadway. It unfortunatly holds the record for the most accidents on a Broadway stage. Sure, after each accident they change how things are done just a tad to make sure it doesn't happen again. An example of this would be the melting scene. Instad of going through the trap door the actress just walks off.

You would think that with all these complicated sets that they would find a way to make all of this stuff safe before opening night so that this never happens to anyone regardless of how long the production has been open for.

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Apparently, he fell off of the ship, and the article was wrong in that the ship was in its between-show position (40-50 feet), rather than its pre-show position (20 feet) as a commenter on the original article says.

My question remains in why he would be on or near the ship without a harness, or why he would be near the ship in its 50' between-show position at all. =(

Best wishes to him--- It's a miracle he survived.

Wow so he fell 40 feet off the boat?? That is quite a fall, he's very lucky he survived. Makes me wonder more about Disney safety procedures but also makes me wonder what he was doing up there as well. No report has said there were other actors on the boat as well, so why was Adrian up there by himself, and where did this trap door information come from?

Once again wishing Adrian a painless and speedy recovery.

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" report has said there were other actors on the boat as well, so why was Adrian up there by himself"

I doubt he was up there by himself...the show was about to start. I believe there are six other actors up there with him for that scene. Disney isn't always forthcoming about injuries, so it's not surprising that the reports aren't as detailed as they should be.

Poor Adrian. I hope any other injuries he sustained are not too bad. Wishing him a speedy recovery...

No one who'll post actually knows what happened. Doubtful anyone outside of the show will. However, not to be insensitive, but why is the assumption that the actor was not at fault? The conclusion is inferred that it's a manager's or supervisor's fault, but is it not possible that he did something wrong? Not saying that's the case, but I think it could be a possibility. All humans make mistakes, actors included, not just managers or supervisors.

It's common sense that Broadway is more dangerous than film. Theater can't use computer animation and digital editing as film can.

Also, is WICKED really the Broadway show with the most accidents or is that opinion?

How awful. Wishing Mr. Bailey a speedy recovery!

I'm a little dismayed by the lack of consistency in the press coverage of his accident. Was it 20 feet that he fell or more? If it was 40-50 like a few of you just posted, why do the articles state 20? Some of the press coverage and statements on here suggest that the accident occur just a few minutes before the curtain went up. So given that information, the ship would have been in its pre-show position. Why, then, is it being suggested by others in this thread that it was in a between-shows position? Facts would be great in a situation like this and the inappropriate coverage concerns me.

Furthermore, the NY Times coverage is the first I've read to actually clarify that he fell from the ship suspended above the stage, thus falling and landing on the stage. I didn't understand the accident until reading that in this thread and in the Times article. The other articles I read contain a press release that states, he "was injured after a fall through a trap door...fell approximately 20 feet on to the stage". This ridiculous description (which I guess was released by Disney Theatricals) makes it sound as if he fell through a trap door, (which unless specified to be the damn ship, one would assume is a cut-out in the floor of the stage) IN the stage and then landed 20 feet later ON the stage. Excuse me? A little clarity in their "official statement" might be a good idea.