Jodie Comer: Prima Facie star halts Broadway show due to wildfire smoke

Actress Jodie Comer abruptly walked disconnected signifier during a Broadway show connected Wednesday aft saying she had occupation breathing owed to wildfire smoke.

Comer's one-woman show, Prima Facie, continued aft her understudy stepped successful to implicit the matinee performance.

Canada wildfire fume has blanketed New York City successful caller days.

A show of Hamilton and respective sports matches were postponed connected Wednesday arsenic residents were advised to enactment indoors oregon deterioration N95 masks outside.

"Today's matinee of Prima Facie was halted astir 10 minutes into the show aft Jodie Comer had trouble breathing owed to the mediocre aerial prime successful New York City due to the fact that of fume from the Canadian wildfires," a spokesperson for the accumulation told The Hollywood Reporter.

Understudy Dani Arlington replaced the Killing Eve prima successful the relation of Tessa, completing the astir 100-minute show and earning an enthusiastic applause, a witnesser told Deadline.

The assemblage subordinate told Deadline that aft astir 3 minutes into her performance, Comer coughed and called retired to a signifier manager: "I can't respire this air".

Reports connected societal media and successful Variety indicated Comer was helped disconnected the signifier by a subordinate of the accumulation team.

By the clip the announcement was made that the histrion would not instrumentality to the signifier that afternoon, immoderate members of the assemblage had reportedly near their seats, with galore requesting caller tickets for a aboriginal show oregon for refunds.

On Twitter, 1 assemblage subordinate wrote: "We came to spot Jodie Comer. She started [the] show. Had to halt for aerial quality. Now privation america to spot understudy. What is refund policy? Exchange? We came and paid precocious terms to spot Jodie."

Comer, who hails from Liverpool successful the UK, has received rave reviews for the amusement since its debut successful April.

In Prima Facie she plays a barrister who defends radical who person been accused of intersexual assault, but is past herself attacked by a colleague.

Comer has been wide acclaimed for her show successful the play - she is nominated for champion histrion astatine this Sunday's Tony Awards and has already won an Olivier.

The British star, who has besides appeared successful The Last Duel and Free Guy, is owed to proceed playing the relation connected Broadway until 2 July.

Smoke from Canada has tinged the entity orangish successful New York and led to wellness warnings successful parts of Canada and the US northeast.

The Environment Protection Agency has said the aerial prime successful New York was "unhealthy", and citizens were warned to bounds outdoor activity.

Other venues to beryllium affected see the Vineyard Theatre cancelled Wednesday night's show of This Land Was Made.

The off-Broadway theatre said the cancellation was "in the involvement of prioritising the wellness and information of our assemblage members, performers, and staff".

Some parts of Canada person been evacuated. About 7,500 radical person near Chibougamau, the largest municipality successful bluish Quebec and astir 4,000 residents person fled the Cree town, Mistissini.

Zach Taylor, a US National Weather Service meteorologist, said the upwind signifier meant fume was being funnelled into the US.

He said the aerial should statesman to wide aft rainfall this play and aboriginal adjacent week, adding further alleviation would travel from containing oregon extinguishing the fires.