Comments | cleolinda: What the hell

cleolinda

What the hell

Dec 20, 2010 23:10

Gawker: Ambulances Called, Show Stopped After 'Big Accident' in Spider-Man Musical."Here's what seems to have happened: The actor playing Spider-Man (Reeve Carney or his alternate Matthew James Thomas?) and the actress playing his love interest Mary Jane (Jennifer Damiano) fell into the stage pit an hour or so into the show. According to ( Read more... )

wtf, musicals, spider-man, well that happened

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chorusgirl December 21 2010, 05:16:02 UTC

Holy shit, I've never heard of this many accidents happening on any show on Broadway in the past 25 years.

I hope the actor is alright.

cleolinda December 21 2010, 05:23:52 UTC

I was browsing through some of the NY Times Arts Beat articles looking for more about it, and apparently the actor who broke his wrists was asked about the injuries a while back and he was like "lol" (he actually used the word "lol") "this happens on lots of shows." I am pretty sure the lead actor plunging two stories into the pit while the leading lady screams for help does not happen on "a lot of shows."

chorusgirl December 21 2010, 05:28:36 UTC

I mean, I remember Idina Menzel taking a dive on her second to last performance of Wicked, but this being common? I can't imagine, given the press THAT was given...

cleolinda December 21 2010, 05:41:18 UTC

Well, what's so disturbing is that they've had all these accidents before the show has even opened, which suggests that the show itself isn't safe and they don't know what they're doing. It's not like, "Oh, the dancers broke a few minor bones because dancers always break a few minor bones, and then at the end of the run, someone fell." This is a hot mess.

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madripoor_rose December 21 2010, 05:25:34 UTC

Hoo boy...yeah, this production's cursed. I hope the kid's going to be all right, but they should cut their losses.

mardia December 21 2010, 05:28:47 UTC

Okay, this has officially gone past ridiculous and all the way into batshit insane. I don't know if it's a curse or if the stunts just cannot be pulled off, but seriously, now--COME ON.

mollywobbles867 December 21 2010, 05:38:04 UTC

lol ngl, My first thought was that someone said the title of The Scottish Play at dress rehearsal or something.

cleolinda December 21 2010, 05:43:56 UTC

Someone on Gawker was saying they must only call it "The Arachnid Musical" from now on.

mollywobbles867 December 21 2010, 05:48:56 UTC

lol

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plaid_slytherin December 21 2010, 05:29:15 UTC

It's like Macbeth Part II...

I hope he's all right.

mollywobbles867 December 21 2010, 05:31:24 UTC

Y'all, someone has got to pull the plug on this show. I don't care if they've spent a billion dollars on it--someone is going to get killed.

Seriously, this is awful.