{"id":51066,"date":"2022-06-15T01:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T01:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hugh-jackman-diagnosed-with-covid-19-just-hours-after-tony-awards-performance\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T01:20:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T01:20:16","slug":"hugh-jackman-diagnosed-with-covid-19-just-hours-after-tony-awards-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hugh-jackman-diagnosed-with-covid-19-just-hours-after-tony-awards-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Jackman Diagnosed With COVID-19 Just Hours After Tony Awards Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hugh Jackman, the star of Broadway’s \u201cThe Music Man,\u201d tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, according to the show’s producer Kate Horton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The positive test result comes less than a day after Jackman performed with his cast during Sunday’s Tony Awards, Deadline reported. It’s unclear whether other members of the cast who joined Jackman on-stage tested positive as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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HuffPost reached out to \u201cThe Music Man\u201d for further comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is the second time Jackman has battled COVID-19, for Entertainment Weekly. He had to bow out of performances for the musical to recuperate from his first bout with coronavirus in December 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jackman’s understudy Max Clayton will fill in as Professor Harold Hill on the show from June 14 through June 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We’re excited to see [Clayton] perform alongside the wonderful Sutton Foster and we wish Hugh a speedy recovery, \u201dHorton wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n