Photo & Video Coverage: Christopher Tierney Returns to SPIDER-MAN Friday!

Christopher Tierney was back at SPIDER-MAN evening, as an audience member. He told the press before the show that he believed in the production, and the crew, wasn't mad at anyone and was hoping to rejoin the show as soon as he possibly could. Before entering the theatre, he spoke to press and showed off his back brace. 

Tierney was released from rehab on January 5. NY1 talked to the actor as he walked out of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine and he told them that "I feel great, the fresh air. I can't wait to actually take a walk around New York, and maybe even be on the West Side of the city. I feel like I've been here forever," said Tierney. "I'm going to drop my stuff off at my house and maybe go do some belated Christmas shopping."

T.V. Carpio, who recently took over the role of Arachne, previously played by Natalie Mendoza, praised Tierney on Tuesday evening. "Chris Tierney is Spider-Man, he's the superhero. I saw him today, he's walking," said Carpio. "His spirit is the spirit of Spider-Man. We all love him, he's brought us closer together than before. It's pretty amazing, he's an amazing man."

On December 20, Christopher Tierney suffered an accident which caused the actor to fall 30 feet. Tierney sustained a fracture in his skull, a broken scapula, a broken bone close to his elbow, 4 broken ribs, a bruised lung and 3 fractured vertebrae.

The production's opening night, (previously set for January 11, 2011) is still set to open on Monday, February 7. Directed by Julie Taymor and featuring a book by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger, and new music and lyrics by U2's Bono and The Edge, SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark is now in previews at Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre (213 West 42nd Street).

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