Just one day after performing at the Tony Awards, Hugh Jackman has revealed he has tested positive for COVID-19 yet again.
The 53-year-old actor took to both his Instagram and Twitter on Monday afternoon to reveal the news in a brief video.
The actor had previously contracted COVID-19 back in late December 2021, with the actor also revealing his standby Max Clayton will take his place in the hit Broadway production of The Music Man.
Positive: Just one day after performing at the Tony Awards, Hugh Jackman has revealed he has tested positive for COVID-19 yet again
Video: The 53-year-old actor took to both his Instagram and Twitter on Monday afternoon to reveal the news in a brief video
‘I’ve frustratingly tested positive for Covid. Again. My standby, the amazingly talented @maxmclayton will step in for me,’ Jackman began.
‘What’s most annoying is I don’t get to see him perform! I’ve said it before, and will say it a million times more … Maxi and all the standbys, swings and understudies around the world, you are the true heroes of theater,’ he added.
‘You give life to the saying “the show must go on”’ Jackman concluded, while tagging his co-star Sutton Foster (@suttonlenore) and @musicmanbway.
Tested: ‘I’ve frustratingly tested positive for Covid. Again. My standby, the amazingly talented @maxmclayton will step in for me,’ Jackman began
Jackman added in the video, ‘I wanted you guys to hear it from me first that, unfortunately this morning I have frustratingly tested positive for COVID, again.’
‘So, my incredible stand-by, Max Clayton, is going to go on for me,’ he said of his understudy in The Music Man.
‘Max and I have been been working together on this show for over two years and on this part, and I can tell you, from being in the room with him and from experience, he is absolutely extraordinary,’ Jackman added.
Again: Jackman added in the video, ‘I wanted you guys to hear it from me first that, unfortunately this morning I have frustratingly tested positive for COVID, again.
Jackman added that he was just, ‘frustrated that I won’t get to see him and cheer him on, but I will be cheering you on in my heart, Max.’
‘To everyone, my whole cast of The Music Man, I hate not being there with you, but I’ll be back as soon as I can,’ he added.
The actor continued that his setback is just, ‘another reminder’ that he will say, ‘a million times over that the real heroes of Broadway are standbys, understudies and swings, and never has that been more obvious than in the past year.’
Frustrated: Jackman added that he was just, ‘frustrated that I won’t get to see him and cheer him on, but I will be cheering you on in my heart, Max’
He’ll be back: ‘To everyone, my whole cast of The Music Man, I hate not being there with you, but I’ll be back as soon as I can,’ he added
He added that standbys, understudies and swings, ‘give meaning to the phrase, “the show must go on,” and it will go on and be amazing.’
He told Clayton, ‘to have the best time and I’ll be back at River City as soon as I can,’ as the video came to an end.
The Music Man is a revival of Meredith Willson’s 1957 hit musical, which opened for previews in December 2021 before debuting in February 2022 at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway.
Revival: The Music Man is a revival of Meredith Willson’s 1957 hit musical, which opened for previews in December 2021 before debuting in February 2022 at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway
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