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Tony and Emmy-winning actress Tyne Daly is pulling out of a starring role in the first Broadway revival of “Doubt: a parable”, citing health problems.
Daly was to star in John Patrick Shanley’s production. Pulitzer Prize winner 2004 work about an accusation of sexual assault against a Catholic priest. She will be replaced by Amy Ryan, who will begin her performances on February 13.
Roundabout Theater Company, the nonprofit producing the revival, announced the cast change Tuesday, saying in a news release: “Mrs. Daly was unexpectedly hospitalized on Friday and unfortunately needs to step away from production while she receives medical attention; Fortunately, she is expected to make a full recovery.” The organization did not provide further details.
The revival of “Doubt,” also starring Liev Schreiber, was supposed to begin previews last Friday, but that first showing was canceled by Roundabout. The production then began performances on Saturday, with understudy Isabel Keating replacing Daly; Keating has played the lead role ever since and will continue to do so through Sunday.
Daly was set to play Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a nun who serves as principal of a Catholic school and who suspects the parish priest, Father Brendan Flynn, of misconduct. Schreiber plays a priest. In 2008, the work was adapted to film starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman; It was also adapted into an opera.
Daly, 77, has worked steadily on stage and screen. She has performed in seven previous Broadway shows, winning a Tony Award in 1990 for starring in a revival of “Gypsy” and earning two more nominations since then. She also won six Emmy Awards for the television shows “Cagney & Lacey,” “Christy” and “Judging Amy.”
Ryan, 55, has performed in five previous Broadway shows and was twice nominated for Tony Awards for his revivals of Roundabout. His last appearance on Broadway was nearly two decades ago, when he appeared in a revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Since then he has worked primarily in film and television, earning an Oscar nomination for his work in “Gone Baby Gone.”
The revival of “Doubt,” directed by Scott Ellis, will now premiere on March 7, a week later than initially planned. The production, which is scheduled to run through April 14, also stars Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Zoe Kazan.