Spider-Man actor leaves intensive care unit
A cast member injured in a fall during a performance of the troubled Spider-Man Broadway musical is no longer in intensive care, his father has said.
Tim Tierney said his son Christopher was able to walk with a brace and has now been discharged from hospital to a New York rehabilitation facility.
The actor suffered a skull fracture and cracked vertebrae when he fell 30 feet during a show on 20 December.
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark features music by Bono and The Edge of U2.
Christopher Tierney's accident is one of several to have befallen the show, thought to be the most expensive musical staged on Broadway.
Video of the incident showed him falling from a ledge into the stage pit, despite wearing a safety harness.
Two preview performances were cancelled as new safety procedures were put in place.
New precautions for the show, which features nearly 40 aerial stunts, now requires a second person to check harnesses after they have been put on.
According to reports, a cast member injured in an earlier accident is to leave the show.
Actress Natalie Mendoza, who plays "spider goddess" Arachne, suffered concussion after being hit on the head by a rope during the first preview performance on 28 November.
The $65m (£42m) production is to hold its official opening night on 7 February.
It is directed by Julie Taymor, whose previous shows include the musical adaptation of Disney film The Lion King.
BBC News
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