Actor Jodie Comer halted today’s matinee of Broadway’s Prima Facie due to New York City’s bad, smokey air, telling audience members she was having difficulty breathing.
An audience member tells Deadline that today’s show began 10 minutes late, only to have star Comer attempt to begin the show only to announce from the stage that she couldn’t breathe sufficiently to continue with a performance.
When the curtain lowered, an announcement asked audience members to stay seated until a final decision was made as to whether to cancel the matinee or proceed with an understudy.
A spokesman for the show tells Deadline that, following the pause, understudy Dani Arlington is set to go on for Comer in the role of Tessa. RELATED: WGA East Cancels NYC Picketing Today Due To Hazardous Air Quality From Canadian Fires According to the audience member, Comer was about three minutes into her performance when she coughed, paused and called out to the stage manager, “I can’t breathe in this air.” By the time the announcement was made that Comer would not return to the stage this afternoon, much of the audience had left their seats, apparently to get new tickets for a future performance or for refunds.
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