{
  "id": 10740440,
  "title": "Wayne Brady Withdraws From Off Broadway Production On Doctor’s Orders; Ato Blankson-Wood Joins ‘Ms. Blakk For President’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/wayne-brady-withdraws-from-off-broadway-production-on-doctors-orders",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T17:04:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/wayne-brady-ato-blankson-wood-ms-blakk-for-president-1237116394/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A “heartbroken” Wayne Brady has withdrawn from the upcoming Off Broadway production of Ms. Blakk For President due to a vocal polyp and the need for vocal rest as ordered by his doctor, producers said today. His role of Terence Alan Smith/Joan Jett Blakk will now be assumed by Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood (Slave […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}