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Billy Porter Shares Health Update, Withdraws from Cabaret

12/23/2025

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Billy Porter, the actor and singer, provided a December 22, 2025 health update after hospitalization for urosepsis.
In an Instagram video, he thanked fans for their support.
Citing upcoming projects—Christmas Karma and The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping—Porter withdrew from Cabaret due to his illness, causing the Broadway show to close early.

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Billy Porter, the actor and singer, provided a December 22, 2025 health update after hospitalization for urosepsis.
In an Instagram video, he thanked fans for their support.
Citing upcoming projects—Christmas Karma and The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping—Porter withdrew from Cabaret due to his illness, causing the Broadway show to close early.