Barry Manilow has tested positive for COVID-19. After celebs including Daniel Craig, Miley Cyrus, and Anderson Cooper, Manilow has also tested positive. The artist had to miss the brand new musical Harmony musical that opens at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
While confirming the news himself, Manilow called this the cruelest thing that has ever happened to him as he has been waiting for 25 long years for this show to premiere in New York, and now he can’t even attend. As the musical is directed by Warren Carlyle, Manilow is heartbroken that he had to miss the show as he was eagerly looking forward to it.
Barry Manilow Had To Skip The Harmony Musical!
However, he took this opportunity to urge fans to be health conscious as he stated that even in the face of this pandemic, all the New Yorkers need to remain the toughest, staunchest people on the planet. He concluded the night by asking everyone to put on a mask and see the show that Manilow had to miss due to his recent diagnosis. Here’s what Barry Manilow wrote on Twitter confirming his absence.
I am heartbroken to say that I have just tested positive for COVID-19 and won’t be able to attend tonight’s opening night performance of my new musical, HARMONY. This just might be the cruelest thing that has ever happened to me: 25 years waiting for this show to premiere in pic.twitter.com/V1KNIjZP1N
— Barry Manilow (@barrymanilow) April 13, 2022
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Harmony has been created and scored by Manilow and his longtime musical collaborator and a good friend Bruce Sussman. The musician depicts the true story of the Comedian Harmonists, which is an internationally famous, all-male German close harmony ensemble that used to perform in Europe between 1928 and 1934. They ended up selling millions of records and even started in more than a dozen films. Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Blake Roman along with Steven Telsey play the harmonists in the musical.
The production earlier faced a few unwanted delays as well as it was supposed to be launched in 2019 but was later pushed to 2020. However, it was delayed yet again due to the pandemic. Now, Manilow himself could not witness the magic as he was down with COVID.
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