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Curse of U2's 'Spider-Man' musical continues- SEE VIDEO

Actor falls 30 feet

BUZZ BRADY,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 10:52 AM

Updated Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 8:43 AM

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The most expensive musical in Broadway history, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" was plagued by more disaster on Monday night after that a stunt-man fell more than 30 feet to the pit below the stage.

During the closing minutes of the show, audiences witnessed the actor, Christopher Tierney, the shows main aerialist, plummet off the stage.

Latest reports suggest that one of the tethers holding the stunt double broke resulting in the fall. Producers say he suffered only minor injuries.

Audience member Jonathan Schumann told New York 1 that the audience heard a thud when the actor fell.

"He fell very, very quickly and his cable snapped out, and looked like it sort of had even fallen into the audience.

“So there was the big thud of him falling, and the immediate sound of the actress sort of scream, sobbing, so it was very clear immediately that something was wrong," Schumann added.

It is the latest accident to plague that cursed Broadway show, last month an actress suffered concussion, and another two actors were injured during a flying sequence.

Despite what seems the be the most cursed musical in Broadway history, director Julie Taymor is adamant that it is all part of the creative process.

"I don't think anything that's really creative can be done without danger or risk," she said.

The director admits the show is intimidating but insists: ""If you don't have fear, then you're not taking a chance".

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killowen | Dec 22, 2010, 04:12 PM EST

Another case of a do-gooder whose focus should be on his own country and not try being the saviour of Africa and whereever.

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KathyCallahan | Dec 21, 2010, 03:38 PM EST

Julie Taymor et Bono appear to be blind sided by their own artistic ambitions. Just last week Bono was talking on the record about spider man aka Peter Pauper as if he is a hero saviour for our time who will save ordinary people in the audience from themselves. And where their is spider man/pp genius their is suffering for creativity. Thou dost think that they are too cooly detached for the actors own good. Poor hard working Tierney plunging 30 feet onto a woefully unsafe platform is no minor fall at all. The PR about his condition will spin on and way off Broadway but only Tierney knows the degree of pain that he is in and number of injuries that he sustained. On broadway last night, they staged, 'spider man does ground hog day, again' (Think bill murray's classic film) I hope they implement real time safety precautions and measures so as to protect people from future harm. But it may be too late for that. The show will probably close down before it opens. It looks like a curse is being played out with a vengeance on one too many fronts. but what do I know?

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