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"Desperate Housewives" series finale -- The week is stuffed with season finales, so many that we couldn't squeeze them all in. But we weren't about to ignore the swan song of a milestone show. "Desperate Housewives," which is ending its eight-year run, clearly was past its prime a long time ago. But that doesn't take away the fact that it was a ratings blockbuster and cultural phenomenon back in 2004 when it introduced us to the women of Wisteria Lane. The "splashy" two-hour finale revolves around Bree's (Marcia Cross) murder trial, Renee's (Vanessa Williams) impending wedding, Susan's (Teri Hatcher) secret attempt to sell her house and Mrs. McCluskey's (Kathryn Joosten) preparations to deal with the final stages of her lung cancer. A couple of familiar faces will also return for the farewell episode: Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany) and the late Mrs. Huber. 8:01 p.m. today, KTVX Channel 4.

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(MARK LENNIHAN/The Associated Press) People line up to enter the Foxwoods Theatre for a matinee showing of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” on Wednesday in New York.

Beleaguered Spider-Man musical hires new creative team

Jocelyn Noveck, Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 11:05pm

NEW YORK -- Producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man" musical postponed the show's official opening for a stunning sixth time, announcing Wednesday that it will not officially open until this summer and that it will bring in a new creative team.

Julie Taymor, who directed and co-wrote the book for "Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark," will no longer helm the production but will be a part of the creative team, the producers said.

The delay revealed a production so trouble-plagued that it has taken itself out of the running for Tony Award consideration this year, but it will be eligible for the 2012 season. The $65 million show was scheduled to open on March 15.

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'Spider-Man' will resume with new safety measures

David Bauder, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 6:12pm

NEW YORK -- The curtain will go up again Thursday on "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" after the producers of the accident-plagued Broadway musical agreed to new safety precautions to prevent another fall like the one that left a stuntman seriously injured.

The state Labor Department said it is satisfied the producers of the $65 million musical have made the necessary adjustments.

Wednesday night's performance was canceled so that the cast and crew could rehearse the new precautions, which include a requirement that a second person ensure that the harnesses used by performers during the show's high-flying stunts have been put on properly.

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'Spider-Man' stuntman injured in a fall

Hillel Italie

Last updated Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 5:21pm

NEW YORK -- Broadway might need a superhero to save the new Spider-Man musical.

The troubled, big-budget "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" was hit by its fourth accident since it began previews last month when a stuntman playing the skyscraper-scaling superhero fell about 30 feet into a stage pit during a performance Monday night. The safety tether that clips to his back failed to prevent the spill.

The performer, identified by a fellow cast member as 31-year-old Christopher Tierney, was wheeled out of the Foxwoods Theatre on a stretcher, still in his costume, and taken by ambulance to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries. He suffered broken ribs and internal bleeding, said the castmate, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about the musical.

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