{"id":183062,"date":"2026-04-02T02:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/183062\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:55:19","slug":"moulin-rouge-star-megan-thee-stallion-hospitalized-mid-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/183062\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Moulin Rouge&#8217; star Megan Thee Stallion hospitalized mid-show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after making her Broadway debut, Megan Thee Stallion was hospitalized during Tuesday\u2019s performance of \u201cMoulin Rouge! The Musical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York City Fire Department confirmed to the Daily News that they received a call just before 10 p.m. of someone \u201chaving difficulty breathing.\u201d FDNY then responded to the address of the Al Hirschfeld Theatre with EMS having \u201cevaluated one civilian who refused transport to the hospital.\u201d They could not provide further information on the person\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for the 31-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/artists\/Megan-Pete\/35996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Grammy winner<\/a>, born Megan Pete, told TMZ Wednesday afternoon that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/01\/megan-thee-stallion-skips-moulin-rouge-performance-after-hospitalization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">she was resting at home<\/a>, following treatment and diagnosis for extreme exhaustion, dehydration, vasoconstriction, and low metabolic levels. She\u2019s expected to return to the stage Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Megan Thee Stallion makes her Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge! The Musical at Al Hirschfeld Theatre on March 24, 2026 in New York City. \" width=\"3664\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2268222378.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8761241\" \/>Megan Thee Stallion makes her Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge! The Musical at Al Hirschfeld Theatre on March 24, 2026. (Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for Hot Girl Productions)<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMamushi\u201d rapper, who plays The Zidler in the show, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/31\/megan-thee-stallion-hospitalized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">began \u201cfeeling very ill\u201d during Tuesday\u2019s production<\/a> and \u201cwas promptly transported to a local hospital, where her symptoms are currently being evaluated,\u201d her rep said previously, along with vowing to \u201cshare additional updates as more information becomes available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Megan\u2019s representative did not immediately respond to The News\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the timing is unclear as best friend and celebrity hair stylist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWUWJvuFamW\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kellon Deryck<\/a> tweeted at 9:29 p.m. asking people to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KellonDeryck\/status\/2039153186041151635?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201csay a prayer for Megan, we are all at the hospital.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That would be nearly half an hour before FDNY received the call at 9:58 p.m. but confirmed to The News that they \u201cdid not transport anyone\u201d from the theater.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWhD21MEcsD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Megan shared a clip<\/a> from her guest role on Tuesday\u2019s episode of NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,\u201d opposite Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe. Fans shared their well wishes in the comments section of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWhQF2pkZ6a\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">another post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just days after making her Broadway debut, Megan Thee Stallion was hospitalized during Tuesday\u2019s performance of \u201cMoulin Rouge!&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,9,11,10,2632],"class_list":{"0":"post-183062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-latest-headlines","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-news","12":"tag-snyde"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}