The 31-year-old, whose real name is Megan Pete, is currently starring as Zidler \u2013 the owner of the titular cabaret club \u2013 in the New York production of the musical.<\/p>\n
The \u201cSavage\u201d rapper, who made her Broadway debut in the show last week, fell ill during Tuesday (March 31) night\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
One fan who was in the audience wrote in a post on X: \u201cThe few opening scenes I saw her in she was great on stage! I was excited BUT\u2026 They just stopped moulin rouge mid show apologised to the audience and said ..\u2019stay inside and seated\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked security if we\u2019re safe .. they told us \u2018for now, we\u2019ll update you if anything changes\u2019.\u201d [sic]<\/p>\n
Theatregoers were then told that the show would be resuming with an understudy stepping in for Megan Thee Stallion.<\/p>\n
A Moulin Rouge spokesperson has now said in a statement: \u201cDuring Tuesday night\u2019s production, Megan started feeling very ill and was promptly transported to a local hospital, where her symptoms are currently being evaluated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will share additional updates as more information becomes available.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Independent has contacted Megan\u2019s representative for comment.<\/p>\n
In a post on X, her hairstylist Kellon Deryck wrote: \u201cEveryone say a prayer for Megan, we are all at the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
Megan is playing Zidler for a strictly limited eight-week run at the Al Hirschfield Theatre, which began on 24 March and is set to finish on 17 May.<\/p>\n
The Grammy-winning star received rave reviews following her debut as Zidler and was praised by US publication People for \u201cmaking the part distinctly her own\u201d and \u201cbringing a modern swagger to the Moulin Rouge that feels both unexpected and entirely welcome\u201d.<\/p>\n
When her role was announced, Megan said: \u201cStepping onto the Broadway stage and joining the Moulin Rouge! The Musical team is an absolute honour.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always believed in pushing myself creatively and theatre is definitely a new opportunity that I\u2019m excited to embrace.<\/p>\n
\u201cBroadway demands a different level of discipline, preparation and storytelling, but I\u2019m up for the challenge and can\u2019t wait for the Hotties [Megan\u2019s nickname for her fans] to see a new side of me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 31-year-old, whose real name is Megan Pete, is currently starring as Zidler \u2013 the owner of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,898],"class_list":["post-376605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news-ticker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}