Tyne Daly withdraws from Broadway's 'Doubt' citing health

Tyne Daly, the Tony and Emmy-winning actress, is withdrawing from a starring role in the first Broadway revival of 'Doubt: a parable”, citing health concerns.

Daly was set to star in John Patrick Shanley's production Pulitzer Prize winning 2004 play about an accusation of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest. She will be replaced by Amy Ryan, who will begin performances on February 13.

Roundabout Theater Company, the nonprofit producing the revival, announced the cast change on Tuesday, saying in a press release: “Ms. Daly was unexpectedly hospitalized on Friday and unfortunately has to withdraw from the production while she receives medical care; 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 scheduled to begin previews last Friday, but that first performance was canceled by Roundabout. The production then began performances on Saturdays, with substitute Isabel Keating playing in Daly's place; Keating has been in the lead role ever since, and will continue to do so through Sunday.

Daly would play Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a nun who serves as principal of a Catholic school and suspects the pastor, Father Brendan Flynn, of misconduct. Schreiber plays the priest. In 2008, the play was adapted into a 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 the lead role in a revival of “Gypsy,” and has since earned two more nominations. She has 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 has been nominated twice for Tony Awards in Roundabout revivals. Her last appearance on Broadway was nearly twenty years ago, when she appeared in a revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Since that time, she has worked primarily in film and television, earning an Oscar nomination for her work in “Gone Baby Gone.”

The 'Doubt' revival, directed by Scott Ellis, will now open on March 7, a week later than originally planned. The production, scheduled to run until April 14, also stars Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Zoe Kazan.