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Jodie Comerabruptly ended her Broadway performance Wednesday because of New York City’s currentair quality alert.
Minutes into the matinee performance ofPrima Facieat Broadway’s John Golden Theatre, the show’s Tony-nominated star stopped performing, citing difficulty breathing, multiple outlets reported.
Comer, 30, is the only performer inPrima Facie, a one-woman show about a young lawyer enmeshed in the criminal justice system due to a sexual assault.
Varietyreported that Comer told the audience she couldn’t breathe before a stage manager ushered her off the stage.
A spokesperson for the show toldPEOPLEthat an understudy would take on the performance in theKilling Evestar’s place.
“Today’s matinee ofPrima Faciewas halted approximately 10 minutes into the performance after Jodie Comer had difficulty breathing due to the poor air quality in New York City because of smoke from the Canadian wildfires,” said the spokesperson. “The performance was set to start again from the top with understudy Dani Arlington going on for Ms. Comer in the role of Tessa.”
New York is experiencing some of thehighest pollution levels in the worlddue to smoke from Eastern Canada’s ongoing wildfires. IQair, an air quality technology company, labeled the metropolis’ air quality“very unhealthy”Tuesday night.
New York City on June 6, 2023.Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Mayor Eric Adamswrote on TwitterWednesday afternoon: “We’re in the worst of the conditions, but the Air Quality Health Advisory has been extended until 11:59 pm Thursday — which our teams have been anticipating. Mask up and limit your outdoor activities.”
She is now nominated for leading actress in a play at the 76thTony Awards, which will be held this Sunday.
Comer toldThe Hollywood Reporterin May that playing Tessa felt “deeply personal… I feel like a woman. I feel like I’ve stepped into my womanhood. I feel like I have so much more trust within myself and who I am.”
“I realized that I was quite fearful last year of a lot of things, especially in my ability to do this. And I think that actually, through this experience, I’ve been able to transform that into a sense of trust, which is a really nice feeling," she said. “That’s not to say I don’t have my moments, but I just feel like I have a clearer sense of who I am.”
source: people.com
