Matthew Broderick to miss performances of Broadway play after positive Covid-19 test

In a statement released an hour before showtime, producers of the revival of Neil Simon's classic comedy announced that the Ferris Bueller's Day Off actor had contracted the virus and would be replaced by his understudy Michael McGrath. Broderick's co-star and wife Sarah Jessica Parker tested negative and performed opposite McGrath on Tuesday. They did not indicate when Broderick, 60, is expected to return to the stage. Broderick's positive test comes just over a week after the play officially opened at the Hudson Theatre on 28 March.