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Broadway performance canceled when actor falls ill
[October 05, 2009] NEW YORK (AP) -- A preview performance of the Broadway revival of "The Royal Family" has been canceled after one of its stars became ill on stage.
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Show spokesman Aaron Meier says the curtain came down shortly after the Sunday matinee began when actor Tony Roberts suddenly fell ill. The actor has been taken by ambulance to a hospital. There's no word on his condition. Meier said understudy Anthony Newfeld would take over Roberts' role at the Sunday evening performance. "The Royal Family" is a 1927 comedy by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. The Manhattan Theatre Club production is scheduled to open Thursday at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. |
