Actor falls during musical

AN actor on the accident-prone set of U2’s troubled Broadway musical Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark, fell about 30ft during a performance.

Firefighters were called to the Foxwoods Theatre at about 10.45pm on Tuesday and the 31-year-old actor was taken to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries, police said. His name was not immediately released.

Rick Miramontez, a spokesman for the production, said the actor fell about seven minutes before the end of the performance and the show was stopped.

It is the fourth time an actor has been hurt in connection with the production. The show’s official opening has been pushed back 27 days, from January 11 to February 7.

The €46 million musical was conceived by Tony Award-winning director and co-writer Julie Taymor and U2’s Bono and The Edge, who wrote the music.

More than eight years in the making, delays and money woes have plagued the show’s launch. Three other accidents have injured actors, including one who had both his wrists broken while practising an aerial stunt.

The show has become easy fodder for comics, with both Conan O’Brien and Saturday Night Live spoofing the show.