{"id":506849,"date":"2026-04-01T09:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/506849\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:41:11","slug":"megan-thee-stallion-taken-to-hospital-after-falling-ill-during-broadway-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/506849\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Thee Stallion taken to hospital after falling ill during Broadway performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Megan Thee Stallion<\/a> has been hospitalised after falling ill midway through a Broadway<\/a> performance of Moulin Rouge<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The 31-year-old, whose real name is Megan Pete, is currently starring as Zidler<\/a> \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 (31 March) 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 apologized 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

\"MeganMegan is the first female-identifying star to play Zidler (Getty Images for Hot Girl Productions)<\/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<\/a> 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

\"ItIt is unclear if Megan will return to the role (Getty)<\/p>\n

When her role was announced<\/a>, 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":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-506849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}