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Megan Thee Stallion takes 2 Broadway
shows off after illness during 'Moulin Rouge!'
[April 02, 2026]
NEW YORK (AP) — Megan Thee Stallion was rushed to the hospital
after “feeling very ill” while onstage on Broadway in “Moulin Rouge! The
Musical.” She later took to social media to explain she had been
“pushing myself past my limits lately.”
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. |
Megan Thee Stallion appears at the 33rd Annual Elton John AIDS
Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party in West Hollywood, Calif., on
March 2, 2025. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File) |
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The
Grammy Award-winning rapper wrote on Instagram that she would
take off Wednesday's matinee and evening performances to rest
and recuperate. “I’ll be right back on that stage Thursday,
stronger, clearer, and ready to give you 100% the way you
deserve,” she wrote.
“Last night was a real wake-up call for me. I’ve 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’t,” 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 Boy
George, Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess and Bob the Drag Queen.
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical” 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
“Single Ladies” and “Firework” alongside the big hit “Lady
Marmalade.”
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