{"id":8607,"date":"2026-07-13T13:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/josh-grisetti-left-broadway-show-for-personal-reasons-days-before-death-by-suicide\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:16:34","slug":"josh-grisetti-left-broadway-show-for-personal-reasons-days-before-death-by-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/josh-grisetti-left-broadway-show-for-personal-reasons-days-before-death-by-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Grisetti left Broadway show for personal reasons days before death by suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2F134257063.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Broadway star Josh Grisetti left the production of \u201cLegally Blonde: The Musical\u201d due to \u201cpersonal reasons\u201d just days before he <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/13\/celebrity-news\/josh-grisetti-marvelous-mrs-maisel-actor-dead-by-suicide-at-44\/\">died by suicide at age 44<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Daiwl0AlXjS\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final Instagram post <\/a>shared on Wednesday, Grisetti revealed he had to step away from his directing duties for the show\u2019s opening night at the Trentino Music Festival in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Grisetti\u2019s post included a photo of the cast holding up his image on a phone and a video of them on stage shouting, \u201cWe love you, Josh!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Josh Grisetti revealed he left the production of \u201cLegally Blonde: The Musical\u201d due to \u201cpersonal reasons\u201d days before he died by suicide.  <span class=\"credit\">joshgrisetti\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Grisetti shared a picture of the cast holding up his image on a phone on stage at the show\u2019s opening at the Trentino Music Festival in Italy.  <span class=\"credit\">joshgrisetti\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have to leave a production for personal reasons before getting to see the show open, and the cast and team do stuff like this\u2026 \ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd79\ud83d\ude2d,\u201d Grisetti began his caption. <\/p>\n<p>The actor said he \u201cliterally cried on the plane\u201d over the cast\u2019s \u201clittle gesture\u201d that helped him as his \u201cheart [was] hurting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove this group of misfits right back!! \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHappy opening, LEGALLY BLONDE \u2014 @trentinomusicfestival!! I\u2019m so proud of you all. Knock their pink socks off!!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In his post, Grisetti said his \u201cheart [was] hurting.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">joshgrisetti\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actor (seen above performing at 54 Below in NYC in 2015) also said he \u201ccried on the plane\u201d over the cast\u2019s \u201clittle gesture.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grisetti\u2019s friend and fellow Broadway star, Rob McClure, shared the tragic news of his death over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with a shattered heart that I share that the brilliant Josh Grisetti took his own life on Friday,\u201d McClure\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DatSsrHAbkK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0alongside photos of the pair.<\/p>\n<p>McClure said he\u2019s\u00a0\u201cnot ready to even attempt to understand\u201d the tragedy and expressed support for Grisetti\u2019s wife, Mackenzie, whom the late star married in February 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunities around the world will never be the same without him. We love you Josh. Just a cataclysmic loss,\u201d the \u201cGood Fight\u201d actor penned. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Grisetti\u2019s friend and fellow Broadway star, Rob McClure, revealed he died by suicide over the weekend. <span class=\"credit\">joshgrisetti\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>McClure said Grisetti (pictured above with his wife, Mackenzie) \u201ctook his own life on Friday.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">joshgrisetti\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the end of his post, McClure told fans that info about Grisetti\u2019s memorial will \u201ccome in time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grisetti was born in Washington, DC, in December 1981.<\/p>\n<p>He made his Broadway debut starring as Marty Kaufman in \u201cIt Shoulda Been You\u201d in 2015, which earned him a Theatre World Award and nominations for a Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Grisetti made his Broadway debut in 2015 in \u201cIt Shoulda Been You.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Grisetti (seen above with wife Mackenzie) also starred in \u201cThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel\u201d in 2023. <span class=\"credit\">joshgrisetti\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grisetti solidified his Broadway career by starring as Nigel Bottom in the hit musical \u201cSomething Rotten!.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On television, Grisetti was best known for playing Ralph Emerson in the final season of \u201cThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel\u201d in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/13\/celebrity-news\/josh-grisetti-left-broadway-show-for-persnal-reasons-days-before-death-by-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadway star Josh Grisetti left the production of \u201cLegally Blonde: The Musical\u201d due to \u201cpersonal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/134257063.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}