SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Preview; Equity Investigating
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Preview; Equity Investigating
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Preview; Equity Investigating#2
Posted: 12/3/10 at 12:56pm
'Shut the show', 'An actor was injured how could that happen?', 'It's clearly unsafe' etc etc
Sorry was just getting in there before everyone else
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Preview; Equity Investigating#2
Posted: 12/3/10 at 12:58pmJulie. Fix your mess NOW. Not later. NOW.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Preview; Equity Investigating#3
Posted: 12/3/10 at 12:59pmI still can't believe all those people on here who were saying "It could have been caused by anything!" and of course we all knew it was a show related injury.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Preview; Equity Investigating#4
Posted: 12/3/10 at 1:02pm
"Julie. Fix your mess NOW. Not later. NOW."
I don't fix messes. I create art. It doesn't matter to me that actors tripped on their costumes and were trampled by other actors during the opening scene of The Lion King. What matters is that it looked stunning!
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Preview; Equity Investigating#5
Posted: 12/3/10 at 1:03pm
Actors always get injured during shows, why is this one any different?, why are we having to hear every detail?
This is getting more coverage than when the lead actor in the original UK production of Fame throw himself of a bridge to his death, or when the girl in Saturday Night Fever suffered a major injury and so and so on
It's getting turned in to a circus.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#6
Posted: 12/3/10 at 1:03pm
"I still can't believe all those people on here who were saying "It could have been caused by anything!""
... I can believe it because it COULD have been caused by anything. It's not that hard to believe.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#7
Posted: 12/3/10 at 1:07pm
"Actors always get injured during shows, why is this one any different?, why are we having to hear every detail?"
True dat! When Mary Martin was flying as Peter Pan, someone didn't pull her back in time, and she smacked into a wall and broke her arm. What did she do? She said, "Tape me up boys, I'm going on tonight in The Sound of Music." Mary knew that if she didn't go on, Lenora Nemetz was waiting in the wings to sing about her favorite things.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#8
Posted: 12/3/10 at 1:11pm
oh God, who cares?
Best to Mendoza, though.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#9
Posted: 12/3/10 at 1:51pmThis injury-inducing mess of a show (which I refuse to see) needs to be shut down, and Julie Taymor needs to be run out of town.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#10
Posted: 12/3/10 at 2:18pm
I'm sorry but maybe my point was not clear enough...
Its not the fact that she got hurt doing the show we are upset about...its what this show consists of that we are upset about.
The show has stunts in it that are pretty risky...thats pretty obvious when they had to have inspectors come in and declare it safe/unsafe. And the fact that Taymor has a reputation for forging ahead without changing much of her "vision" is not a good thing when you have actors getting hit in the head with heavy equipment and actors falling at high speeds and snapping bones.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#11
Posted: 12/3/10 at 2:28pm
Equity is investigating...
I'm scared.
The test of this show will be if the public takes to it, not if some unknown actors get kicked in the head or break bones.
All this just adds to it's history.
But there are conspiracy theories:
Reidel whacked her with the rope in the Green Room,
Benanti saw a threat for the featured actress TONY and whacked her with an Italian purse.
Taymor wants the role herself and it's an inside whack-job.
We shall see, I'm hooked on the drama.
Updated On: 12/3/10 at 02:28 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#12
Posted: 12/3/10 at 2:32pm
WOW. Could this get any more juicy?
My prayers to Mendoza. I hear she's a marvel in the role.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#13
Posted: 12/3/10 at 2:34pm
"The show has stunts in it that are pretty risky...thats pretty obvious when they had to have inspectors come in and declare it safe/unsafe"
You do relaize the do this an all shows with any kind of stunt, fire, pyrotechnics etc right?
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#14
Posted: 12/3/10 at 2:38pmwho's upset? I'm not.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#15
Posted: 12/3/10 at 2:45pm
CurtinPullDowner,
In all your theories someone is getting "whacked".
At least someone will be happy.
Updated On: 12/3/10 at 02:45 PM
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#16
Posted: 12/3/10 at 3:06pmI know for a fact it was the cast of Hotel Babylon that sabatoged her. The show was never right after she left.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#17
Posted: 12/3/10 at 3:09pmIf there is half a much drama in the show as there is surrounding the show, it will run forever.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#18
Posted: 12/3/10 at 4:05pmRegardless of how slight an injury it might be, this could be the proverbial kiss of death.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#19
Posted: 12/3/10 at 4:07pmIt's concussion. not hemorrhage. wow.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#20
Posted: 12/3/10 at 4:08pm
Actors always get injured during shows, why is this one any different?, why are we having to hear every detail?
Maybe because this is the third injury in less than a month?
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#21
Posted: 12/3/10 at 4:10pmI'm beginning to fear that "The Boy Who Fell From The Sky" is less a song title than it is a warning to the audience sitting in the orchestra.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#22
Posted: 12/3/10 at 4:19pm
Here's what Riedel says:
Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark’’ is not only the most expensive show in Broadway history – it’s the most dangerous.
A third actor was injured during the show this week.
Natalie Mendoza, who plays Arachne, was hit on the head by a rope at the first preview Sunday night. Although she felt fine and performed again Wednesday night, she fell ill yesterday and could not perform last night. Her absence was first reported by BroadwayWorld.com.
The actress was diagnosed with a concussion and will be out of the show at least a week.
Her understudy, America Olivo, a former Playbill cover model, will take over the role.
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#23
Posted: 12/3/10 at 4:24pm
Here's a link to a times article...
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/concussion-sidelines-spider-man-actress/
SPIDER-MAN Injury Update; Mendoza Concussion Was Received During First Prev#24
Posted: 12/3/10 at 4:26pm
"Diagnosed"
after she was rushed to the Hospital.
Updated On: 12/3/10 at 04:26 PM
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