The two-time Tony Award winner, who volition prima successful the upcoming revival of "The Music Man" connected Broadway acceptable to unfastened successful February, announced his diagnosis Tuesday via a video helium posted connected his verified Instagram account.
"I conscionable wanted to marque definite you heard this from me. I tested affirmative for covid," the caption to the video read. "Mild symptoms and looking guardant to getting backmost connected signifier ASAP!"
"My symptoms are similar a cold," Jackman said during the video. "I person a scratchy pharynx and a spot of a runny nose, but I'm fine."
Jackman precocious paid tribute to understudies connected Broadway aft Kathy Voytko, Sutton Foster's understudy arsenic Marian Paroo successful "The Music Man," filled successful for Foster connected abbreviated announcement aft Foster tested positive.
In a video captured by a subordinate of the show's assemblage and posted connected societal media, Jackman asked the understudies to articulation him connected signifier and called them "the bedrock of Broadway."
"I'm affectional due to the fact that it humbles me," helium said. "Their courage, their brilliance, their dedication, their talent. The swings, the understudies, they are the bedrock of Broadway."
He was upbeat successful announcing his ain Covid-19 diagnoses, urging others to "stay safe, beryllium healthy, beryllium kind" and promising to instrumentality to the signifier arsenic soon arsenic helium is able.
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