Tuesday's performance was canceled but McKellen was expected to be back onstage Wednesday, producers said.
A heat advisory is in effect for WNY from noon today until 8pm Thursday. The heat index will range from 95 to 100 degrees.FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017 file photo, actor Ian McKellen poses on the red carpet at the 12th edition of the Rome Film Festival.
McKellen, 85, was in "good spirits" after doctors said a scan showed he was expected to fully recover from the fall on Monday night, a spokesperson for the production at the Noel Coward Theatre said. The stage and screen veteran, who played Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" films, cried out in pain after the fall, according to a BBC journalist at the theater.
Theatergoers were startled when McKellen lost his footing and fell off the stage in a scene with Toheeb Jimoh's Prince Hal and Henry Percy, played by Samuel Edward-Cook.
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