Carrie Coon Reveals Medical Scare That Led to Cancelled BUG Performances

Carrie Coon is setting the record straight about the recent cancelled performances of Bug on Broadway. While on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the performer shared insight into the reported illness that led to the recent cancellation of an Act 2 matinee, along with the final preview performance.

During the matinee, Coon had an unexpected adverse reaction to the fake blood she has to ingest in the show. “As soon as the fake blood hit my throat, I started to cough. Which, you know, is not unusual. But then I realized that my throat was closing every 12 seconds,” she recalled.

Coon noted that, despite medications and supplements, the symptoms continued all through the next day, leading the production to cancel that Wednesday evening performance and almost opening night as well. “We didn’t know if the show was going to go on because it was still happening… but it went away at like 5:00,” she said, noting a successful opening.

Watch the full interview with the actress who talks about working with her husband, playwright Tracy Letts, along with the relevance of the play itself, which Letts wrote in the 1990s.

Manhattan Theatre Club’s Bug, written by Letts and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer, is now running at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Originally scheduled to play through Sunday, February 8, the production will now play through Sunday, February 22.

Bug stars three-time Emmy Award nominee and Tony Award nominee Carrie Coon as Agnes White, Namir Smallwood as Peter Evans, Randall Arney as Dr. Sweet, Jennifer Engstrom as R.C., and Steve Key as Jerry Goss.