‘The Music Man,’ Starring Hugh Jackman & Sutton Foster, Opens On Broadway

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Broadway revival of “The Music Man,” starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, hopes to hit a excessive be aware on opening night time Thursday.

The largest and brightest stars have been crimson carpet prepared Thursday night and simply beginning the march down the crimson carpet on the Winter Backyard Theatre, however as CBS2’s Dave Carlin experiences, regardless of how a lot star energy there’s outdoors, nobody can outshine the power going down on that stage.

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What ya bought proper right here on Broadway is huge LOVE, with a capital L, for Hugh Jackman. Waves of it.

“The Music Man” is already a success in previews and now comes the starry opening night time for this feel-good present, co-starring the luminous, extremely energized Sutton Foster.

Jackman took time backstage on Thursday to ship a message to followers on his Instagram account.

“We’re backstage on the Winter Backyard Theatre. It’s February tenth, 2022, which implies it’s the opening night time of ‘The Music Man.’ And I’m solely chuckling as a result of this date has been in my head for in all probability three years plus. I can’t imagine we’re right here. That is actually the best blessing, best pleasure, the best solid and crew and orchestra I’ve had the privilege to work with, and tonight goes to be a celebration. I’m simply so, so grateful,” he stated.

The delays he spoke of included some early in previews after he examined constructive for COVID, proper on the heels of Foster testing constructive.

Mounting “The Music Man” was usually tiring and repeatedly unsure, and thru all of it, Jackman made it a degree to be head cheerleader for the solid with many fresh-faced ensemble members making their Broadway debuts.

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Producers of “The Music Man” are making out there 10,000 tickets for New York Metropolis public college college students, their households and lecturers. The tickets are $20 every and donated to varsities. Additionally serving to with distribution are a few dozen nonprofit businesses.

That effort, and every part else about this musical, stamps it with the phrase “completely satisfied.”

Thursday’s crimson carpet festivities included a marching band made up of scholars from three excessive faculties.

“Town is on hearth about this present, and we’re simply so thrilled that our New York Metropolis artists, our younger artists, our youngsters, are gonna be the primary those that the VIP are gonna be seeing,” stated Peter Avery, director of theater for the New York Metropolis Division of Schooling.

Thursday night time’s VIP crimson carpet friends included Mayor Eric Adams, Steve Martin, Bradley Cooper and Kristin Chenoweth.

“It is a, a Broadway-friendly mayor,” Adams stated.

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“I occur to like my job as a choreographer. I occur to like this firm greater than, I believe, any firm I’ve ever labored with. They’re very, very particular,” stated choreographer Warren Carlyle.