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Los Angeles - The producers of the Broadway play Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark have promoted a supporting player to the role held by an actress who quit the show after suffering a backstage concussion.
Teresa Carpio will officially take over as Arachne from Natalie Mendoza on Tuesday, having filled in for several performances, the producers said in a statement.
Mendoza left Spider-Man on December 30, saying she needed to recover from a head injury sustained when she was hit by a rope during the play's first performance on November 28.
The ambitious, high-tech $65m musical - the most expensive Broadway show ever - is a hot ticket on Broadway, despite playing in previews as its producers fine-tune elements ahead of its official February 7 opening.
But it has been a difficult journey, with the production plagued by cost overruns, four delays in its opening date, and three other injuries. Two stunt doubles were injured during rehearsals, while a stuntman fell about nine metres into the orchestra pit during a performance.
Carpio, who originally was cast as Miss Arrow, has been involved with the Spider-Man production since it was initially work-shopped. The play's director, Julie Taymor, had previously cast Carpio in her Beatles-related fantasy feature Across the Universe. Carpio will be replaced as Miss Arrow by Alice Lee.
Teresa Carpio will officially take over as Arachne from Natalie Mendoza on Tuesday, having filled in for several performances, the producers said in a statement.
Mendoza left Spider-Man on December 30, saying she needed to recover from a head injury sustained when she was hit by a rope during the play's first performance on November 28.
The ambitious, high-tech $65m musical - the most expensive Broadway show ever - is a hot ticket on Broadway, despite playing in previews as its producers fine-tune elements ahead of its official February 7 opening.
But it has been a difficult journey, with the production plagued by cost overruns, four delays in its opening date, and three other injuries. Two stunt doubles were injured during rehearsals, while a stuntman fell about nine metres into the orchestra pit during a performance.
Carpio, who originally was cast as Miss Arrow, has been involved with the Spider-Man production since it was initially work-shopped. The play's director, Julie Taymor, had previously cast Carpio in her Beatles-related fantasy feature Across the Universe. Carpio will be replaced as Miss Arrow by Alice Lee.
