Hugh Jackman, who’s at present starring in “The Music Man” on Broadway, has needed to bow out as soon as once more after a second bout of COVID-19.
A day after performing on the Tony Awards, Jackman instructed his followers he had “frustratingly” examined optimistic for the virus for a second time, as soon as once more forcing him to lean on his understudy Max Clayton in order that the “present can go on.”
“Max and I’ve been working collectively on this present for over two years, and I can inform you … he’s completely extraordinary,” Jackman instructed his followers on Instagram. “So I am simply annoyed that I will not get to see him and cheer him on.”
The Tony winner added, “However I will be cheering you on in my coronary heart, Max, and to everybody, my entire forged of ‘The Music Man,’ I hate not being there, however I will be again as quickly as I can.”
Jackman additionally famous that whereas Broadway continues to take care of COVID-19, it is dropped at gentle the worth of understudies like Clayton.
“I’ve stated it earlier than, and can say it 1,000,000 instances extra … Maxi and all of the standbys, swings and understudies around the globe, you’re the true heroes of theater,” he wrote. “You give life to the saying ‘the present should go on.'”
Jackman will miss performances beginning Tuesday and can return to the Winter Backyard Theatre on June 22, in response to “The Music Man” Twitter account.
To the understudy, the message added, “Max, you higher seize your Harold Hill suitcase and get on the subsequent practice to River Metropolis!”
In December 2021, Jackman, then subsequently his co-star Sutton Foster, missed performances due to the virus.
