{"id":128378,"date":"2025-09-08T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/128378\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:57:10","slug":"billy-porter-ends-broadways-cabaret-run-early-after-health-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/128378\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Porter Ends Broadway&#8217;s Cabaret Run Early After Health Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Billy Porter<br \/>\n                          Exits Broadway Show Early Amid Diagnosis<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published September 7, 2025 1:55 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                Updated September 7, 2025 7:35 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250907_acf4d59f43f044f3ae9f532809b73cd9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e8821b48-03fb-4e30-a542-cce052c0fbd0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/acf4d59f43f044f3ae9f532809b73cd9_md.jpg\" alt=\"billy-porter-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Billy Porter is cutting his Broadway return short &#8230; stepping away from &#8220;Cabaret&#8221; weeks earlier than expected due to a serious health scare.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, producers for the Broadway revival announced the Tony winner is battling a &#8220;serious case of sepsis&#8221; and will not finish his originally scheduled run at New York City&#8217;s August Wilson Theatre. Porter was slated to star as the Emcee through October 21, but his final performance will now be September 21.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250907_263c54a96dba4e73a8ccd4d9a9747513\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e8821b48-03fb-4e30-a542-cce052c0fbd0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/263c54a96dba4e73a8ccd4d9a9747513_md.jpg\" alt=\"Kit-Kat-Club-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His doctors are confident that he will make a full recovery but have advised him to maintain a restful schedule,&#8221; read a statement on the show&#8217;s social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For those unfamiliar, sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by the body&#8217;s extreme response to infection, which can lead to organ failure, tissue damage, and even death if untreated, according to the Cleveland Clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<p>Porter&#8217;s exit leaves big shoes to fill. The production revealed Marty Lauter and David Merino will rotate in the iconic role of the Emcee for the final stretch of performances.<\/p>\n<p>Speedy recovery, Billy!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billy Porter Exits Broadway Show Early Amid Diagnosis Published September 7, 2025 1:55 PM PDT | Updated September&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-128378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}