Update: Missing Broadway Shuffle Along Actor, J.L. Williams, Found | Playbill

News Update: Missing Broadway Shuffle Along Actor, J.L. Williams, Found J.L. Williams, a cast member of the upcoming Broadway musical Shuffle Along, who had been missing since the morning of Feb. 10 has been found and is recovering in a New York hospital, Playbill.com has confirmed.

Cast members in the production confirmed that the actor has been located as of Feb. 14. The actor's mother also posted that her son had been found and thanks those who helped in his safe return.

Shuffle Along cast member Adrienne Warren tweeted the following:

Numerous members of the Broadway community, including Shuffle Along star Audra McDonald, shared posts on social media in an effort to locate the missing 33-year-old actor, who's legal name is legal name Jeffrey "JL" Williams. He did not report for rehearsals the morning of Feb. 10.

 

 

She later tweeted following his safe return. 

 

Williams also appeared on Broadway in Fela!

New York Daily News reported that Williams had last been seen Wednesday morning leaving his Bronx apartment to head to work. They wrote: "Williams' husband has not heard from him since the actor left the Jerome Ave. home at 7 AM [Wednesday], according to an NYPD flyer."

 
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