Hugh Jackman, who’s starring as Professor Harold Hill in “The Music Man” on the Winter Garden Theater on Broadway, introduced on Tuesday that he had examined optimistic for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
“I just wanted you to hear from me that I tested positive this morning for Covid,” Jackman stated in an Instagram video. “My symptoms are like a cold: I have a scratchy throat and a bit of a runny nose, but I’m fine. And I’m just going to do everything I can to get better, A.S.A.P., and as soon as I’m cleared, I’ll be back onstage.”
Shortly after Mr. Jackman posted his video, “The Music Man” introduced on Instagram that every one performances can be canceled by way of Saturday. Tickets could be refunded or exchanged the place they have been bought. Performances will resume on Sunday, and Mr. Jackman will return to the present on Jan. 6.
Several different Tony winners star in “The Music Man” alongside Mr. Jackman: Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo, Shuler Hensley as Marcellus Washburn, Jefferson Mays as Mayor Shinn, Jayne Houdyshell as Mrs. Shinn and Marie Mullen as Mrs. Paroo.
Preview performances for “The Music Man” started on Dec. 20, with opening night time scheduled for Feb. 10.
The producers of “Ain’t Too Proud,” a jukebox musical concerning the Temptations, additionally introduced on Tuesday that their present will shut on Jan. 16. The present has not run since Dec. 15, citing COVID-19 coronavirus instances. It is planning to renew on Tuesday, Dec. 28, and hoping to run for 3 extra weeks earlier than closing for good.
Last week, the musicals “Jagged Little Pill” and “Waitress,” in addition to the play “Thoughts of a Colored Man” introduced that they’d closed with out a lot as a farewell efficiency — all have been already on hiatus due to COVID-19 coronavirus instances amongst forged or crew.
The efforts of “The Music Man” to remain open had simply been highlighted on Thursday night time, when the actress Kathy Voytko, a swing and an understudy for Marian Paroo within the musical, crammed in for Ms. Foster, who had Covid, on the final minute. After the present, the actress and dancer Katherine Winter posted an Instagram video of Mr. Jackman praising understudies and swings as “the bedrock of Broadway.”
“Kathy, when she turned up at work at 12 o’clock, could have played any of eight roles,” Jackman stated on the curtain name. “It happened to be the leading lady. She found out at 12 noon today, and at 1 o’clock she had her very first rehearsal as Marian Paroo.”
As the COVID-19 coronavirus and its Omicron variant unfold, understudies and swings have gotten extra vital than ever: Shows are counting on them to step in for sick or unavailable leads.
“This is unprecedented,” Mr. Jackman continued. “It’s not only happening here at the Winter Garden, but all over Broadway. This is a time we’ve never known.”
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