After his casting messages as King Herod Jesus Christ Superstar The concert broke off Josh Gad from the show after being run down with Covid.
With the opening evening on Friday, the actor nominated by Tony Nominated announced his diagnosis with an explanation on Wednesday on Instagram and praised the show as “one of the greatest things they will ever see”.
“With an enormous heartache, I have informed you of all of this that I unfortunately commissioned a virus known as a Covid opinion divided on Instagram.
“However Jesus Christ Superstar This weekend (unless I test negative), “added Gad.” It really breaks my heart, but I can all assure you that the show will be one of the greatest things you will ever see. I hope that at some point you can see the crown and show you what it was going to do, but at the moment I will not be able to decorate the Hollywood bowl at the moment. ”
The Hollywood Bowl informed him of Gads and wished him “A quick recovery“Added that you will” announce a new artist for the role of King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar soon.”
This month, GAD was occupied in the Sergio Trujillo-staged production alongside Phillipa Soo as Mary Magdalena as King Herod.
Cynthia Erivo was occupied in the biblical role of the same name in February when the staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Musical was announced, which ran from August 1 to 33. Adam Lambert was later occupied as Judas, with Milo Manheim and Raúl Esparza also joined when Peter and Pontius Pilatus.
Directed and choreographed by Tony winner Trujillo, The Hollywood Bowls Jesus Christ Superstar is carried out by Stephen Oremus and the music is excited (which worked both on Broadway and on the film versions of Evil). The show is produced in collaboration with Neil Meron and Robert Greenblatt.