“Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” resumed to mixed audience reviews and without accidents during its 35-plus aerial stunts, though one of the costumed and tethered “Spideys” flying over the audience nearly fell off a ledge and needed help from a stage hand to regain his footing. Four actor injuries and major delays before the November 28 start of preview performances have focused attention on the most expensive production in Broadway history, raising speculation that despite its star power the Julie Taymor-directed show could become an epic flop. N EW YORK — Spider-Man has been cleared for further leaps through the holiday weekend. Reeve Carney, center, who plays Spider-man in the theatrical version “Spider-man Turn off the Dark” is seen outside the Foxwoods Theatre in Times Square with Patrick Page, left, who plays The Green Goblin, Wednesday, Dec . 22, 2010, in New York. Bono is one of the world’s great philanthropists, speaking out for the oppressed, the sick and the poor. Some $400,000 in ticket sales were lost, The New York Times said. Director Julie Taymor ‘s production, which has been plagued with accidents  over the past few months of rehearsals and previews, resumed only after producers confirmed to the State Department of Labor that specific safety measures had been enacted, reports Reuters. But where’s Mr. Humanitarian when it comes to the disaster that’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”? He was hospitalized and was in serious condition at a local hospital. “Spider-Man” flacks are regularly issuing statements about “safety being of paramount concern.” You’d think that since Bono is the biggest name associated with the show, he’d express some regret about what happened to the four actors on his payroll. Everybody’s looking for an accident to happen,” said Mark Infante, 53, a real estate developer who was disappointed with the show, especially the music. Jonathan Dealwis, a tourist from New Zealand who was in the audience that night, said he saw the actor fall.

“Spider-Man was on a bridge, and Mary Jane was dangling from it,” Dealwis said. “I’m a big U2 fan but I was not blown away,” said Greg Harden, 40, a real estate investor. Veteran producers say her career on Broadway is probably over. “They should have had more aerial stunts.

Taymor’s been issuing her own statements about the injuries at “Spider-Man,” saying she’s “heartbroken” and adding, “nothing is more important than safety.” But actors who’ve worked with her in the past are not surprised that, left to her own devices (as she’s been on “Spider-Man”), people are getting hurt. Tierney is an accomplished dancer who toured in Twyla Tharp ‘s “Movin’ Out,” and Kobak is identified in his biography as a singer-songwriter who has had understudy roles in “American Idiot,” “Tarzan” and Off-Broadway’s moderately high-flying “Fuerza Bruta.” “Josh went through numerous fly auditions and he was a natural,” said Rick Miramontez, spokesman for the show. “Her visual genius is such that it often comes at the expense of pragmatic concerns about stage safety,” says an actor who’s worked for her. “The show does not employ aerialists, just good dancers who know how to do this stuff.” Meanwhile Thursday, several members of the State Legislature got involved in the show’s ongoing turmoil, calling for more far-reaching safety measures. She insisted that actors in “The Lion King” rehearse in such heavy costumes that many wound up with chronic injuries. Actors’ Equity eventually stepped in and, after a two-year battle, forced the producer Disney to make lighter costumes. When one actor snapped, “You have taken the joy out of theater,” Taymor burst into tears.

Producers told the audience before Thursday’s performance that he had successful surgery and would start rehabilitation on Monday. In the same scene on Thursday, the costumed Spider-Man stood upright and further back from the edge.

After days of meetings about safety problems, the $65 million musical flew and danced and sang the way it was supposed to, considering that it is still a work in progress. Also, Natalie Mendoza, who suffered a concussion at the troubled-musical’s first preview Nov. 28, was out again Thursday reportedly on what a spokesman for the company called “vocal rest.” Mendoza was replaced by T.V. Rory Lancman, chairman of the subcommittee on workplace safety, at a news conference outside the theater at noon. After undergoing back surgery, the 31-year-old lead stunt double for Spider-Man remained in the hospital Thursday in serious condition with injuries that included broken ribs and internal bleeding. Eric Adams (D-Prospect Heights), also at the news conference, announced he is proposing a bill that would call for the formation of a task force to analyze the safety of workers and audience members at the Foxwoods Theatre, where the show is appearing, and presumably other Broadway theaters, though the details have not been fully hashed out, he said. Rate this: (Click to rate)

Ticketholders for Wednesday’s show will be offered a refund. Separately on Wednesday, a state assemblyman called on producers to producers to bring in an independent safety expert to evaluate the show’s aerial stunts and remove the show’s final sequence. New York Broadway actor Adam Pascal has called for the prosecution of the director of the musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” after a series of accidents, including the hospitalization of an actor who fell at least 20 feet during Monday night’s performance. However, Wednesday’s (December 22) show was canceled because they show suffered yet another setback in the form of yet another injury to a cast member .

It’s getting ugly out there. Jacob Cohl A state lawmaker wants producers overhaul the safety standards of ‘Spider-Man’ or cancel future performances of the Broadway musical. At Monday’s performance, Tierney, a stuntman for several different characters in the show, including the title character, fell into the orchestra pit late in the show. Pascal later recanted the comments, saying “I think some of you missed the intended humor in my post, although my anger is real, I don’t think anyone should sue Bono and the Edge you dummy! It appears that his harness was not attached properly and a safety wire snapped, although the prime cause of the accident still is being investigated. On Monday, a fourth actor was injured in the production, when a “Spider-Man” stunt double fell more than 20 feet off a platform, injuring several ribs. Also read: Broadway Star on ‘Spider-Man’ ‘Does Someone Have to Die?’ Here’s a look at “Spider-Man”s’ whole tumultuous history. She had only just returned to the show when the latest accident occurred. August 2009: Work suspended a month due to cash-flow problems . Although early reports said Tierney had broken ribs and internal bleeding, the dancer’s brother, Patrick Tierney, told The Associated Press that he would undergo back surgery Wednesday. The price tag at this point reportedly sits at $25 million.

The album, while not entirely miserable, was definitely way off the beaten path for U2, and their record label refused to release it under their name. Pascal added that he hopes Tierney sues Taymor as well as Bono and The Edge from the rock band U2 , who are investors and composers of the show’s music. “Does someone have to die?” tweeted Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley. Cohl previously oversaw a $30 million musical adaptation of “The Lord of the Rings” that bombed spectacularly, never reaching Broadway. Opinions about previews are considered off limits, except in chat rooms, while work is being done on the show. Tierney has been listed in serious condition, Bellevue Hospital spokesman Steven Bohlen said.

Jeremy Gerard, theater critic and culture news editor of Bloomberg News , says his intention was “proprietary information.” Scott Brown, theater critic at New York magazine, said, “At this point, I am planning to wait until the opening. But then Bono decided to rap a little bit, which torpedoed an otherwise excellent musical moment. I don’t see the point in reviewing a show that isn’t frozen.” Theater people have no such hesitation. July 21, 2010: Choreography rehearsals start, with full cast rehearsals kicking off on Aug. 16. “Achieving workplace safety can’t be a process of trial and error, and they’ve been trying and erring for several months now,” Mr. Lancman said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. In addition to asking for the removal of a sequence known as “The Net” and for the use of an independent safety inspector, Mr. Lancman’s letter calls for the show to shorten the tether that is supposed to prevent the stunt doubles from free-falling, to increase rehearsal time for the understudies performing aerial or tethered sequences and to introduce flying seminars for performers.

We can tell you his response. You’re never too old to trick-or-treat. “I love free candy,” said Nate, 17, a senior who is active in theater and runs track at Olathe East High School. “I still take my pillowcase. Authorities say a Blue Springs man who was intoxicated, coming from a Halloween party last year, collided with a vehicle on U.S. 24, killing an Independence teenager and injuring two girls.

Regardless when or where one observes Halloween this weekend, the same goal exists for public-safety personnel across the area: a celebration free of injuries and crimes. “Our number one goal, of course, is the health and safety of our children,” said Lt. Jim Armbrister of the Mount Airy Police Department’s Community Services Division.

Leonardo DiCaprio won a restraining order against an “obsessive” Chicago woman who claims to be married to him and pregnant with the actor’s baby. The “Inception” star claims he has never met her but fears for his safety. “Given this obsessive and harassing behavior, I am frightened of Ms. Bistriceanu and feel that my personal safety, and the personal safety of those around me, is in jeopardy,” DiCaprio stated in a declaration. The “Titanic” and “Inception” star said in documents filed with Los Angeles Superior Court this week that he was frightened of the “delusional” woman and felt his personal safety was in jeopardy. Aretha Wilson, 40, faces one count of assault with a deadly weapon. Bistriceanu was ordered on Wednesday to keep at least 100 yards away from DiCaprio, 35.