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Patti LuPone Has COVID, Will Miss ‘Company’ Performances on Broadway

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The actress will return to the revival on March 8.

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Patti LuPone has tested positive for the coronavirus and will step back from the Broadway revival Company until March 8, Variety reports. “She is home resting, and everyone wishes her a speedy recovery,” a spokesperson for the production said. The actress, 72, developed symptoms before a Feb. 26 matinee and then tested positive. Company is only the latest Broadway show dealt a blow by the pandemic; Aladdin shut down for nine weeks after an outbreak.

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