Desperate search underway for Broadway dancer Zelig Williams missing in South Carolina

A hopeless hunt is underway for Zelig Williams, a erstwhile Broadway dancer who appeared successful hits similar “Hamilton” and “MJ the Musical,” aft helium was reported missing successful South Carolina.

Williams, 28, was past seen driving successful the vicinity of Congaree National Park soon aft leaving the Columbia location helium shares with his parent connected the greeting of Oct. 3, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department said successful a statement.

He was reported missing the pursuing time by his family, who grew acrophobic erstwhile they didn’t perceive from him for a afloat 24 hours. They told authorities the deficiency of connection was “out of character,” according to the statement.

His household told “Good Morning America” connected Saturday they were contacted by a person of Williams from New York City aft she received an SOS alert from the dancer’s phone, indicating a car crash occurred the aforesaid time helium disappeared.

Authorities aboriginal located his conveyance adjacent Congaree National Park, abandoned on the Palmetto Trail — a 500-mile agelong that runs crossed the authorities — though they didn’t find immoderate grounds of a crash.

Zelig Williams poses astatine the “MJ: The Michael Jackson Musical” astatine the Neil Simon Theatre connected February 26, 2022, successful New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)

In the days since his disappearance, the Broadway and creation assemblage have rallied unneurotic online. Movie and theatre prima Hugh Jackman called connected anyone with accusation astir Williams’ whereabouts to link with instrumentality enforcement.

“Zelig, we emotion you and are praying for your harmless return,” Jackman wrote connected his Instagram Story earlier successful the week. “Please walk this connection on!!!”

Williams performed successful Jackman’s 2019 performance tour, “The Man. The Music. The Show.”

Williams much precocious danced successful the jukebox philharmonic “MJ the Musical,” based connected the beingness of Michael Jackson. He appeared successful “Hamilton” backmost successful 2017.

Prior to his disappearance, he’d relocated from NYC to his hometown of Columbia, wherever he’d been teaching creation classes.

“He was ever idiosyncratic who wanted to springiness backmost and he wanted to springiness backmost what helium learned present successful New York City,” Mishay Petronelli, a teacher astatine the Broadway Dance Center, told ABC 7. “And that was truthful peculiar that helium was teaching classes and he’s giving backmost what helium learned present successful New York arsenic a nonrecreational dancer.”

Police said Williams has short, achromatic hair, a birthmark connected his pharynx and tegument pigmentation connected his hands and legs. He was past seen wearing a achromatic T-shirt, achromatic shorts and brownish slides.

He’d reportedly left location without his medicine medication, according to Columbia’s Fox 57.