The Broadway production of The Music Man is being halted until the new year after actor Hugh Jackman tested positive for COVID-19.

"Just wanted you to hear it from me. I tested positive for covid. Mild symptoms and as soon as I'm cleared ... looking forward to getting back to The Winter Garden!" he wrote in a Twitter post on Tuesday.

Jackman said in a Twitter video that feels like he has a regular cold, with a sore throat and a runny nose, but is fine overall.

"I'm just going to do everything I can to get better ASAP. And as soon as I'm cleared, I'll be back on stage heading to River City," he said, referencing the fictional town that serves as the setting for the musical.

Jackman's co-star, Sutton Foster, also tested positive for COVID-19 last week and had to enter an isolation period, but performances were planned to continue without her up until the Tuesday announcement.

The Music Man isn't the first Broadway show to take a hiatus or shut doors completely because of COVID-19. Thoughts of a Colored Man, Waitress and Jagged Little Pill also closed this winter amid a rise in infection rates.

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The Broadway production of "The Music Man" is halting performances until the new year after the two stars of the show contracted COVID-19. "The Music Man," starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, at the Winter Garden Theatre near Times Square is seen on January 13, 2021, in New York City.Cindy Ord/Getty Images

In addition to Broadway, colleges across the U.S. are making adjustments amid the rise in virus cases.

This includes the University of Hawaii, which will conduct mostly online classes for the first two weeks of the spring semester as the state watches a surge in Omicron coronavirus cases.

Hawaii has had all-time record high daily COVID-19 numbers in recent days. University of Hawaii officials said that campuses across the islands will temporarily move many classes to online instruction.

In an email to students and staff, University of Hawaii President David Lassner said only classes that can be "effectively taught online" will change.

Other classes will be taught in person but with physical distancing, mask wearing and health screenings in place

Emory University's president said Tuesday the school is switching to virtual classes to start the spring semester because of a national surge in COVID cases fueled by the Omicron variant.

In a letter to the university community, President Gregory Fenves said Emory will transition back to in-person learning on January 31 if conditions permit.

The switch to remote learning applies to undergraduate, graduate and professional courses. Residence halls will remain open, though students are encouraged to delay their return to campus.

COVID-19 infections in the Atlanta area, where Emory is located, are climbing rapidly.

The seven-day average of COVID-19 cases in Georgia rose to nearly 8,700 a day on Monday, according to the state Public Health Department. That's nearing the peaks that Georgia saw in infection numbers in early January and early September.

Update 12/28/21, 6:39 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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The Broadway production of "The Music Man" is being halted until the new year after actor Hugh Jackman tested positive for COVID-19. Above, Jackman is seen walking is his dog in SoHo on May 19, 2021, in New York City.Raymond Hall/GC Images