from the nyt comments:
When I saw "Spiderman", my chin wasn't all covered with good, meaty, Broadway juices which I then sopped up with a soft, warm, almost painfully delicious soft bun. I was not rolling my eyes in satisfied delight and belching up the Bono tunes as a gastronomical tribute to the chefs.
But were I a swine so inclined, I'd sure as hell smell truffles.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 05:10 (thirteen years ago) link
that dude's Yelp reviews are all about mise en scene
― smangda (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 05:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Steven Tartick, an audience member, said the accident occurred during a scene when Spider-Man is rescuing his love interest, Mary Jane, as she dangles from a rope attached to a bridge.
Mr. Tartick said he saw the actor playing Spider-Man appear to trip and fall from the bridge, into an open pit at the end of the stage.
“You heard screams,” Mr. Tartick said. “You heard a woman screaming and sobbing.”
Mr. Tartick said there was a blackout, and then the house lights in the theater were restored. An announcement made in the theater first said there would be a delay in the performance. The announcement was then updated to say the show was over.
...A press representative for “Spider-Man” said in an email message: “An actor sustained an injury at tonight’s performance of ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.’ He fell several feet from a platform approximately seven minutes before the end of the performance, and the show was stopped. All signs were good as he was taken to the hospital for observation. We will have more news shortly.”
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 05:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Since he sounds relatively okay, I feel like I can make the joke about maybe the stage hands should make sure to "Turn Off the Dark" too, amirite?
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 05:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm sure the Cirque du Soleil folks are just shaking their heads at this whole thing.
― I DIED, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 05:26 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 07:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey peeps there is a lunar eclipse going on right now.
― Moka, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 07:45 (thirteen years ago) link
My friends' six-year-old daughter reviewed it.
― would like a calmer set (Eazy), Sunday, December 19, 2010 3:44 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
That were good that
― Spikey, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 07:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Look, of course it is sad when someone is injured, but this is the price you have to pay if you want to create great theater. Everyone knows that great theater is about launching people across stages using slingshots. It is what Ibsen did, it is what Shakespeare did, it is what made Sondheim famous.
To all the haters posting here, how do you expect to be enlightened at the theater if you can't see shows that launch actors into the air using slingshots? Mark my words, in one hundred years High School's will require their students to read Hamlet and to construct slingshots with which to launch each other. That obviously justifies these injuries.
― hubertus bigend (m coleman), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 11:47 (thirteen years ago) link
reports of a little man seen laughing in the rafters, wearing a WoW giantstalker's helmet and muttering something about how he would have used The Vulture. verify?
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 12:34 (thirteen years ago) link
If the guy didn't land on Bono, I don't care.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 13:08 (thirteen years ago) link
That would have been poetic justice.
― THX THO... (Nicole), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
not to be a killjoy but dude was in a neck brace and on a stretcher
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm pretty sure you meant to be a killjoy there
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
yah, i suppose i did.
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Neck brace and stretcher does not mean he sustained injuries to his neck or spine. It's standard procedure, in case he did sustain injuries, which will be determined once he reaches the hospital. Small solace, sure, but don't assume the worst (though video of that tumble looked, er, bad).
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
It seems like so little thought was given to safety precautions for this production, which seems insane given the amount of wirework involved.
― THX THO... (Nicole), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
So apparently this will need to run for at least four years just to recoup costs? What will the death toll be by then?
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 December 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
As with any misfortune in the 2010s, I read the instant zings and think oh no not funny not funny, but then:
@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.
― would like a calmer set (Eazy), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
How to fix the Spider-Man musical: cast Jerry Lewis in the lead role. Change title to The Nutty Spider. You're welcome.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
To tell the truth, I've yet to hear anything about this and not immediately think of "Stop The Planet Of The Apes. I Want To Get Off!" Though I'd much rather see "Stop The Planet Of The Apes. I Want To Get Off!"
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
"Equity to Halt Performances; Investigation Underway"
Several broken ribs.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Very lucky man, I should add.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Curious if Julie Taymor's going to follow her "when did we start caring about money?" quotes with "when did we start caring about cast injuries?"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Internal bleeding, too. And he fell 30 feet, not the initially reported 8-10.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
well given the pic/video, there's no way that was 8-10 feet
this is basically done, right
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
after the cash they've dropped, it feels like it would take an actual fatality for them to just give up
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
when is the emperor's no clothes moment gonna happen? apart from the injuries this was just a stupid idea to begin with.
― goole, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I believe that moment happened around the time this project was announced.
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Hard to believe they've been working on this shit for nearly a decade.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Spider Man: Polish The Turd
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
nearly a decade to come up with this:
http://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/media/library/images/spider-man-turn-off-the-dark-costumes-5.jpg
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
oh my God, I didn't realize he was supposed to be catching Mary Jane
this is horrible but I am super glad dude is okay because it makes me feel like less of an ass for laughing at the absurdity of this
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
holy shit I just watched the video, that makes this decidedly less funny
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
You know, the Cirque de Soleil comment above made me realize that if the rightsholders had just approached *them* to do a production based on all this and they just had it run in Vegas, there might have been some eyerolling but the damn thing would have made a mint and be chugging along without a worry.
Instead there's Bono blathering, Julie Taymor biting off more than she can chew and near-death.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
The Gawker piece calling for them to close down for good and cut their losses basically says that even if all the technical elements we were pulled off perfectly, the terrible book and songs and basics would make it one of the most boring, bad Broadway productions in history.
This would have made a great Vegas Cirque de Soleil stunt thing, no doubt, U2 songs and all.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
the terrible book and songs and basics would make it one of the most boring, bad Broadway productions in history.
If the 60 minutes piece on the play was anything to go by, the songs were really weak even by current U2 standards.
― THX THO... (Nicole), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
he wasn't supposed to catch her - he was supposed to rush to the edge and appear to jump as the lights went back, with the cord keeping him from actually going over. And it didn't.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
lights went off, sorry
insane that they've got these massive, movement and sight-blocking harnesses everywhere and they don't actually WORK
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe they're trolling everybody and this is actually Phantom of the Opera 2.0
― Moka, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Morning_Update_Video_of_SPIDERMAN_Injury_Actor_Identified_20101221
We're told via a stagehand that this was NOT a flying sequence and that Spider-Man was NOT supposed to drop at all. He was supposed to run to top of the ramp as if to jump with the lights then set to go to black. The cable that snapped is what stops him from going over the edge, and that is what failed. He then fell approximately 30 feet.
Can't believe the rep actually said "several" feet
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
this is giving me emotional whiplash
like I keep going back and forth between "this is horrible" and "AHAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
A hyper-realist post-modern reenacting of the phantom of the opera would be genius come to think of it.
They're inviting everyone into the play, even those who haven't seen it. The play is half Broadway, half street performance with the media not knowing of their participation. In a few weeks hired audience members will suffer from an accident and eventually they'll reveal the green goblin has been living inside the theater all this time and he has been tampering with the production.
― Moka, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
one thing that wasn't pointed out is that the only reason we have video of this is because some dickhead was taping a Broadway musical on his iPhone
― mmmm... yung hummus (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Was he gonna post it to Midtown Vegan?
possibly because whogivesashit.jpg
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
― mmmm... yung hummus (Whiney G. Weingarten)
but, the point here is: was it really an accident? How do we know that's not Taymor's iphone.
― Moka, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
O_O
― mmmm... yung hummus (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean, that actor was so happy to be working with U2, but wasn't happy to finally meet... THE EDGE
― mmmm... yung hummus (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link