Spider Man Research Paper
Spider-Man: The Incident on Broadway The producers of the new Broadway musical “Spider-man: Turn off the Dark” canceled its Wednesday matinee to add safety precautions after a lead actor playing Spiderman was seriously injured from falling more than 20 feet into a basement beneath the stage during Monday night’s show. According to NY Times, the accident happened during one of the final scenes of “Spider-Man”, when the superhero is supposed to be running toward the edge of a raised platform above the stage. As he tried to save the shows heroine, Mary Jane Watson, he lost his footing and fell off the platform. Julie Taymor, the director stated “Mr. Tierney had been properly attached to a tether, but the tether was not affixed correctly to
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Miramontez said the show would be safe enough to perform on Wednesday night after the new measures were put in place. “The production knows exactly what happened in Monday’s performance, and it is being dealt with” he wrote in an email. “This is a maneuver that has been done hundreds, if not a thousand times, without incident, and additional redundancies are being put into place to ensure that will never happen again,” he wrote, referring to the accident. Leading Lady, Natalie Mendoza, was injured during the show’s first preview Sunday night, a spokesman said. According to NYDailyNews.com the actress, who plays Arachne, was hit in the head by a rope and she said she felt fine after her performance, but has since been diagnosed with a concussion. NYDailyNews.com stated that Mendoza was unable to perform Thursday night and understudy America Olivo would take her place until at least Tuesday. Spider-man, running at 65 million dollars, is the most expensive Broadway show in history and has complex gymnastic stunts and visual effects. Producer, Michael Cohl, states that this is at least the fourth serious accident to throw off “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark”, which was originally supposed to open December 21st. According Michael Cohl the show will now open on March 15th. The musical features rock songs by U2’s Bono and the Edge, and effects by staging director Julie
Miramontez said the show would be safe enough to perform on Wednesday night after the new measures were put in place. “The production knows exactly what happened in Monday’s performance, and it is being dealt with” he wrote in an email. “This is a maneuver that has been done hundreds, if not a thousand times, without incident, and additional redundancies are being put into place to ensure that will never happen again,” he wrote, referring to the accident. Leading Lady, Natalie Mendoza, was injured during the show’s first preview Sunday night, a spokesman said. According to NYDailyNews.com the actress, who plays Arachne, was hit in the head by a rope and she said she felt fine after her performance, but has since been diagnosed with a concussion. NYDailyNews.com stated that Mendoza was unable to perform Thursday night and understudy America Olivo would take her place until at least Tuesday. Spider-man, running at 65 million dollars, is the most expensive Broadway show in history and has complex gymnastic stunts and visual effects. Producer, Michael Cohl, states that this is at least the fourth serious accident to throw off “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark”, which was originally supposed to open December 21st. According Michael Cohl the show will now open on March 15th. The musical features rock songs by U2’s Bono and the Edge, and effects by staging director Julie