‘Spider-Man’ actor wants to fly again

Associated Press

NEW YORK

The actor badly hurt after plunging more than 30 feet in front of a shocked audience watching the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” says he’s itching to heal and slip back into the web-slinger’s costume.

“I can’t wait to get back to the show. I love being Spider-Man,” Christopher Tierney said in a phone interview Monday afternoon from The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine in Manhattan.

Tierney suffered a fractured skull, a fractured shoulder blade, four broken ribs and three broken vertebrae on Dec. 20 when his safety harness was accidentally left unclipped during a preview performance.

The $65-million show — the most expensive ever on Broadway — has been plagued by technical glitches, cancellations, money woes and three other injuries, including a concussion and two broken wrists. Last month, a lead actress bowed out.

Tierney, 32, blames his injuries on a freak accident and doesn’t accuse the producers or the creative team of carelessness.

The team is led by Tony Award-winning director and book co-writer Julie Taymor of “Lion King” fame.