Broadway shows, Plaza Suite starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Macbeth starring Ruth Negga, have been paused after Covid-19 outbreaks hit the cast.
Parker's husband and co-star in the play, Ferris Bueller's Day Off actor Matthew Broderick, 60, tested positive last Wednesday and Sarah Jessica Parker has also tested positive since.
In a statement posted to Twitter, the producers of the show apologised for the "inconvenience this has caused audience members" and said that updates about future performances would be announced as soon as possible.
News about future performances of #PlazaSuite will be announced as soon as possible. Everyone wishes Matthew and Sarah Jessica a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/OsO5EYCMtV
— Plaza Suite Broadway (@plazasuitebway) April 7, 2022
They added that "everyone wishes Matthew and Sarah Jessica a speedy recovery."
Broderick was previously expected to return to the Broadway show on April 15. It is not yet known when the couple will now return to the show.
Meanwhile, Negga's play with Bond actor Daniel Craig is expected to resume soon after performances last week were cancelled.
According to folklore, Macbeth was cursed from the beginning, when a coven of witches objected to Shakespeare using real incantations and put a curse on the play. Other productions have been plagued by accidents.
Craig was last on Broadway in a 2013 revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal opposite his wife, Rachel Weisz, and directed by Mike Nichols.
The actor also starred opposite Hugh Jackman in 2009’s A Steady Rain.
Gold directed Craig in a 2016 off-Broadway production of Othello alongside David Oyelowo.
Other high-profile shows on Broadway have had to cancel shows due to lead actors contracting the virus, including both The Music Man leads, Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster.
