fainted and collapsed on stage during the opening night’s live show earlier this month.The producers announced the news in a statement on Wednesday. “Taron Egerton has unfortunately tested positive for COVID,” the statement said.
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On the mend. After fainting in the middle of his theatrical performance, Taron Egerton issued a statement about how he’s feeling.
“As some of you may have heard, I passed out during the first performance of COCK last night,” the Rocketman star, 32, wrote via Instagram Story on Sunday, March 6. “I am completely fine. Slightly sore neck and a bruised ego but I’m fine.”
He jokingly continued: “I’ve decided to put a positive spin on it and I would appreciate it if anyone who was in the theatre last night just said I gave such a committed, electrifying performance that my body couldn’t handle it and I checked out. That being said, apparently you’re meant to actually do the full show and not just three quarters of it. So I’ll be back with a vengeance tomorrow night.”
The England native fainted on London’s Ambassador Theatre stage mid-scene before a doctor in the audience came to his aid while the show took a 40-minute intermission, according to the Independent. Director Marianne Elliott then appeared on stage, telling the crowd the actor was “absolutely fine” and the last 15 minutes of the show would resume with an understudy playing Egerton’s part.
“Thank you to the amazing team at the theatre and my wonderful castmates for being so lovely,” the Sing 2 voice actor added in his social media statement. “But mainly I wanted to say thanks to Joel Harper Jackson who stepped in to do the last bit of the play. Joel is an amazing actor and a lovely person. Thank you Joel. T x.”
During the inaugural performance of COCK, Egerton played the boyfriend of Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey. In the Mike Bartlett-penned production, Bailey’s John questions his sexuality and relationship with his longtime boyfriend after meeting a woman. Jade Anouka and
fainted and collapsed on stage during the opening night’s live show earlier this month.The producers announced the news in a statement on Wednesday. “Taron Egerton has unfortunately tested positive for COVID,” the statement said.
Taron Egerton will not be working in his London play, Cock, for a least a week, after testing positive for COVID-19.
Taron Egerton has contracted Covid-19 and will not perform this week in his London play.
is just days away from dropping on March 25 on Netflix, and we can't wait for another round of regency-era looks and love stories.The stars of the Netflix series hit the red carpet in their finest of modern wears during the show's season premiere in London Tuesday night and let's just say, they came to slay. From Simone Ashley to Shonda Rhimes and Charithra Chandran, nobody held anything back on the carpet.
Jonathan Bailey gets in between Simone Ashley and Charithra Chandran for the premiere of Bridgerton‘s season two held at Tate Modern on Tuesday (March 22) in London, England.
is just days away from dropping, and we can't wait for another round of regency-era looks and love stories.The stars of the Netflix series hit the red carpet in their finest of modern wears during the show's season premiere in London Tuesday night and let's just say, they came to slay. From Simone Ashley to Shonda Rhimes and Charithra Chandran, nobody held anything back on the carpet. The only drawback was a missing Nicola Coughlan, who had to miss the premiere after testing positive for COVID-19.Ashley, whose love story with Lord Anthony Bridgerton is at the center of season 2, stunned in a black, lace skirt and top combo that was dripping in intricate details.
Simone Ashley is sharing some details about Bridgerton season 2!
Taron Egerton and Jonathan Bailey‘s play Cock has officially opened on London’s West End!
Ed Sheeran sang Nina Simone‘s ‘Feeling Good’ and Blackstreet‘s ‘No Diggity’ in London’s High Court yesterday (March 8) as his ongoing plagiarism court case regarding his song ‘Shape Of You’ continues.Sheeran has denied lifting the “oh I, oh I, oh I” hook in his 2017 hit single from Sami Chokri’s (AKA Sami Switch) 2015 track ‘Oh Why’. The singer has also rejected the suggestion that he heard ‘Oh Why’ before he wrote ‘Shape Of You’ in October 2016.Royalties from ‘Shape Of You’, estimated to be worth £20million, have been frozen since Chokri and his co-writer Ross O’Donoghue issued a claim for “copyright infringement, damages and an account of profits in relation to the alleged infringement” in July 2018.As BBC News reports, Sheeran sang snippets of Simone’s 1965 rendition of ‘Feeling Good’ and Blackstreet’s 1996 hit ‘No Diggity’ in court yesterday in an effort to illustrate how the “oh I” melody is commonplace in pop music.
One of the planet's biggest celebrities will play a woman desperately craving fame when Pamela Anderson makes her Broadway debut next month in the musical "Chicago," The Associated Press has learned. Anderson will play Roxie Hart from April 12-June 5 at the Ambassador Theatre, a remarkable union of one of the most recognizable sex icons of the last few decades with a show that skewers fame. "From ‘Baywatch’ to Broadway.
Taron Egerton returned to play the lead in Mike Bartlett’s play Cock last night after fainting in Saturday’s debut performance.
Pamela Anderson is set to make her Broadway debut in just a few weeks!
Pamela Anderson will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running musical Chicago this spring, producers announced today.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAfter conquering the beach, “Baywatch” luminary Pamela Anderson will now try to dominate Broadway.Anderson will portray Roxie Hart, the morally flexible antiheroine at the heart of “Chicago,” the long-running revival of the Kander and Ebb/Bob Fosse classic. She steps into a role previously played by the likes of Gwen Verdon, Ann Reinking, Brooke Shields, Ashlee Simpson and Melanie Griffith. It marks Anderson’s Broadway debut.
NEW YORK -- One of the planet's biggest celebrities will play a woman desperately craving fame when Pamela Anderson makes her Broadway debut next month in the musical “Chicago,” The Associated Press has learned.Anderson will play Roxie Hart from April 12-June 5 at the Ambassador Theatre, a remarkable union of one of the most recognizable sex icons of the last few decades with a show that skewers fame.“From ‘Baywatch’ to Broadway. I am inspired by the unexpected," Anderson told the AP in a Monday statement. "This is it, and I will not hold back anymore.
Independent. The “Kingsman” star’s understudy, Joel Harper-Jackson, stepped up and concluded the last 15 minutes of the show.The play’s director, Marianne Elliott, then took the stage to tell audiences that Egerton was “absolutely fine” after he rested and had a 40-minute break.Egerton assured his fans that he was OK in a post to his Instagram Stories on Sunday.
J. Kim Murphy Taron Egerton has offered an update after collapsing on stage during the first performance of “Cock,” a revival being produced at the Ambassadors Theatre in London.During Saturday evening’s performance of “Cock,” Egerton collapsed on-stage about three-fourths through the production. The play was halted and the actor was unable to complete the show.
Taron Egerton is «completely fine» after passing out during his first performance of his new play, , at the Ambassadors Theatre in London on Saturday night.The 32-year-old actor took to his Instagram Story to address the incident, sharing they he'd be back in action for Sunday night's show.«As some of you may have heard, I passed out during the first performance of COCK last night,» he began. «I am completely fine.
Taron Egerton gave audiences quite the scare after he collapsed during the inaugural performance of the new play Cock at the Ambassadors Theatre in London’s West End over the weekend.
The opening night of Taron Egerton’s new play didn’t go so well.