“Cagney & Lacey” star Tyne Daly was forced to pull out of “Doubt: A Parable” on Broadway after being “unexpectedly hospitalized” during previews due to an illness.
The 77-year-old actress will be replaced by “The Office” and “Only Murders in the Building” actress Amy Ryan.
“Ms. Daly was unexpectedly hospitalized on Friday and unfortunately needs to withdraw from the production while she receives medical attention; fortunately she is expected to make a full recovery,” Roundabout Theater Company said in a statement, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Daly's replacement, Isabel Keating, will play the role until February 11, with Ryan taking over on February 13. Previews began on February 2 and the show runs through April 14 at the Todd Haimes Theater on 42nd Street.
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Tyne Daly, left, was forced to withdraw from Broadway's “Doubt” due to illness. She will be replaced by Amy Ryan. (Bruce Glikas/Jim Spellman/Getty Images)
“With respect and admiration for Tyne, we wish him the best and a speedy recovery,” director Scott Ellis said in a statement, according to the Reporter. “We are grateful that Amy Ryan said yes, in one short minute, to joining our company and taking on the role of Sister Aloysius. We deeply appreciate Isabel Keating, who remarkably stepped in with a day of rehearsal and allowed us to get the production. “Getting on your feet during this first week of performances.”
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Daly became famous for playing Detective Mary Beth Lacey opposite Sharon Gless in the female-led police procedural “Cagney & Lacey” that ran from 1982 to 1988.
Tyne Daly, left, and Sharon Gless on the set of “Cagney & Lacey.” (Aaron Rapoport/Corbis via Getty Images)
She also played Maxine Gray in “Judging Amy” from 1999 to 2005 and the head of the United States Department of Damage Control in 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”
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The cast of “Doubt: A Parable” before Tyne Daly was forced to retire from production. (Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)
In addition to “The Office” and “Only Murders in the Building,” Ryan also starred in the Oscar-winning “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance,” “Central Intelligence” and “The Wire.”
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Fox News Digital has contacted representatives for Daly, Ellis and Roundabout for comment.
