Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Administration fined the show $12,600 in March 2011 for three serious safety violations. The Actors' Equity Association also looked into the incidents. One of the injuries occurred when Spider-Man stunt double Kevin Aubin broke both wrists. Another actor "had broken [his] feet on the same move a month earlier." Natalie Mendoza, who was originally cast as Arachne, suffered a concussion during the first preview performance on November 28, 2010, when she was struck in the head by equipment in the wings. She did not report the accident to producers until November 30. She appeared in the second performance against her
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark actors have no insurance, the musical's director and producer light two Molotov cocktails and toss them, burning the theatre as they make a beeline for the exit. The May 23, 2011 episode of the satirical animated series "Mad" involved Taymor approaching the "Smallville" TV-series version of Clark Kent to cast him and the rest of the characters in "Smallville: Turn Off The Clark". At the 2011 Tony Awards, host Neil Patrick Harris tried but failed to confine himself to as many jokes about "Spider-Man" as he could complete in 30 seconds, focusing mainly on the accidents plaguing the show. In