NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� was rushed to the hospital after 鈥渇eeling very ill鈥� while onstage on Broadway in She later took to social media to explain she had been 鈥減ushing myself past my limits lately.鈥�
An understudy stepped in Tuesday night for the rapper and the show continued. According to her spokesperson, doctors identified extreme exhaustion, dehydration, vasoconstriction and low metabolic levels as the cause of her symptoms. She was discharged and was resting.
The Grammy Award-winning rapper that she would take off Wednesday’s matinee and evening performances to rest and recuperate. 鈥淚鈥檒l be right back on that stage Thursday, stronger, clearer, and ready to give you 100% the way you deserve,鈥� she wrote.
鈥淟ast night was a real wake-up call for me. I鈥檝e been pushing myself past my limits lately, running on empty, and my body finally said enough. It honestly scared me. I thought I was gonna faint on stage, I really tried to push through my performance but I just couldn鈥檛,鈥� she wrote.
Megan Thee Stallion made her Broadway debut last week as nightclub impresario Harold Zidler in the show at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, and was expected to conclude her run on May 17. Others who have played the part of Zidler include Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess and Bob the Drag Queen.
鈥淢oulin Rouge! The Musical鈥� is slated to close July 26 after a seven-year run. The show is about the goings-on in a turn-of-the-century Parisian nightclub, updated with tunes like 鈥淪ingle Ladies鈥� and 鈥淔irework鈥� alongside the big hit 鈥淟ady Marmalade.鈥�
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