Injured "Spider-Man" Actor Returns as Spectator

Updated at 7:13 p.m. ET

NEW YORK - The actor badly hurt at the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" plans to go back to the show this week — as a spectator.

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A spokesman for the show said Christopher Tierney hopes to attend Friday's show, 2½ weeks after he fell 35 feet in front of a shocked audience when his safety harness failed.

Tierney walked out of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine on Wednesday and went to his home in Manhattan. Tierney will undergo outpatient therapy and hopes to return to the stage when he feels strong enough.

Tierney suffered a fractured skull, a fractured shoulder blade, four broken ribs and three broken vertebrae Dec. 20 when his safety harness was accidentally left unclipped during a preview performance.

The $65 million show officially opens Feb. 7 and has been plagued by technical glitches, cancellations, money woes and injuries to three other actors. Last month, a lead actress bowed out.