{"id":1166779,"date":"2021-12-28T20:34:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T01:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1166779"},"modified":"2021-12-28T20:34:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T01:34:46","slug":"broadways-the-music-man-halts-shows-after-hugh-jackman-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/broadways-the-music-man-halts-shows-after-hugh-jackman-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadway&#039;s \u2018The Music Man\u2019 Halts Shows After Hugh Jackman Tests Positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbroadways-the-music-man-halts-shows-after-hugh-jackman-tests-positive-for-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1166779&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Dec. 28 (UPI) \u2014 Actor Hugh Jackman announced Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19, as his Broadway show, The Music Man, canceled performances through the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Wolverine star made the announcement on his Twitter account.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to make sure you heard this from me. I tested positive for COVID,\u201d he wrote. \u201cMild symptoms and looking forward to getting back on stage ASAP!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a video accompanying the post, Jackman described his symptoms as being \u201clike a cold,\u201d with a scratchy throat and a \u201cbit of a runny nose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CYCOqGdJNq3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jackman\u2019s post on Twitter came minutes after it was announced that performances of The Music Man were canceled through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll performances of Broadway\u2019s The Music Man are canceled through January 1,\u201d the production announced on Twitter. \u201cAll tickets can be refunded or exchanged at point of purchase. Performances will resume on Sunday, January 2. Sending you warm wishes for the New Year from the entire company of The Music Man.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19291570\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1132367917.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19291570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1132367917.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Actor Hugh Jackman performs with students from AUT\u2019s South Campus on February 27, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Phil Walter\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19291578\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1296265603.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19291578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1296265603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(Cindy Ord\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The show, in which Jackman stars opposite Sutton Foster, opened for previews Dec. 20 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. Foster dropped out of the Dec. 23 and Dec. 24 performances after she tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s Christmas weekend performances also were canceled due to a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences, crews and performers for all Broadway productions are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but breakthrough cases have caused The Lion King, Aladdin, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Aladdin and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to cancel performances in recent weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec. 28 (UPI) \u2014 Actor Hugh Jackman announced Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19, as his Broadway show, The Music Man, canceled performances through the weekend. 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