Official Statement: SPIDER-MAN Actor Remains in Hospital; Show to Resume Tonight

8/16 AM UPDATE: Just in is a complete official statement from Rick Miramontez, production spokesman for SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK: "Following last night's accident at SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, Daniel Curry remains in the hospital in stable condition having sustained an injury to his foot. Tonight's performance will go on as scheduled. The technical elements of the show are all in good working order, and we can confirm that equipment malfunction was not a factor in the incident. Our thoughts are with Daniel and his family."

Last night, the production confirmed that an actor from SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK was tragically injured during a performance of the accident-plagued Broadway musical.

At 9:08 PM the performance was halted and audience members sent home after a piece of equipment pinned an actor's leg underneath it, causing the injury, according to the FDNY, who were called and acted as first responders to the incident.

According to audience member reports, the actor had his leg pinned in a trap door that closed on his ankle, and the actor began screaming as stage hands rushed to the stage. The curtain was brought down, and the crew ultimately sawed a hole in the stage floor to get his leg out.

A official statement from SPIDER-MAN spokesman Rick Miramontez last night noted that : "The performance was immediately halted and the actor was taken to the hospital where he is receiving medical attention."

Curry was immediately sent from the Foxwoods Theatre where SPIDER-MAN plays eight shows a week to Bellevue where he is currently in serious condition.

The news was first reported on Twitter via a @Breaking911 post, available here, with the poster writing, "Manhattan *Incident At Spiderman Show* 214 W 43 St [Foxwoods Theater] FDNY has stage worker with hand pinned under equipment enroute to hosp."

Director Philip William McKinley - who took over for stage and screen director Julie Taymor during the long preview process for the expensive production; the biggest in Broadway history, according to reports - was quoted just this month as stating of the potential for accidents, "I don't think those are going to happen anymore. Our safety plans are higher than any other show on Broadway," in an interview available in full here.

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