The troubled Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark received some much-needed good news when injured Spider-Man actor Christopher Tierney announced his plans for returning to show rehearsals Monday.
According to Deadline, the negative publicity machine whipped into action with word that Law & Order: CI producers approved an upcoming episode inspired by all the Spider-Man chaos.
Law & Order CI writers came up with the story of a temperamental director (Julie Taymor?) and a rock star composer (Bono?) for the Broadway show Icarus facing legal actions after one of their performers are killed in an accident.
Luckily, in real life, stunt double Christopher Tierney, 31, fell 20 feet into the orchestra pit during an early preview performance but escaped with broken ribs and an injured back.
Other showbiz inspired stories in the Law & Order universe included Jay Mohr playing a Charlie Sheen-inspired character and Law & Order: LA detectives investigating the murder of a veteran Hollywood publicist in the vein of Ronni Chasen.
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is scheduled to return as a revamped show on June 14.