Media alerts

[jo]

Hope things get better, Kathy

Take care!

Jo

[jo]

[jo]

http://instagram.com/p/Bpr9R81gS34

[jo]

Thursday, November 22

Hugh Jackman - TODAY

[alma]

Hugh and Deb on NBC’s Today show Thanksgiving morning.
A repeat? 🤨
Alma

[njr]

Nov 21, 2018 22:28:25 GMT -5 alma said:

Hugh and Deb on NBC’s Today show Thanksgiving morning.
A repeat? 🤨
Alma

I just went through the whole 2 hours on my DVR and did not see him! Marlo Thomas, who was also listed as a guest, WAS on.

Nancy

[alma]

AH! Just saw this on Jackman’s Landing. It’s supposed to air on FRIDAY, Nov. 23!! (See schedule at the bottom of the picture).

http://instagram.com/p/BqdOa2jHOY6

Alma

[njr]

Missed it, but thankfully Jo posted the video under Hugh Jackman’s Advocacies!

Nancy

[jo]

http://instagram.com/p/BqkWEjJncIB

[jo]

http://instagram.com/p/BqmPG1CAb7m

[jo]

[jo]

[jo]

They have posted the video link --



www.today.com/video/-the-greatest-showman-star-hugh-jackman-enters-political-circus-in-the-front-runner-1379843139669?v=raila&

Good coverage of Hugh's career but only on a broad basis. Hugh's dramatic turns did not start with The Front Runner but much earlier in fllms like The Fountain, The Prestige, and Prisoners...as well as in 2 plays on Broadway.


Jo

[jo]

[jo]

http://instagram.com/p/BqpWqcqBoxU

[jo]

Three Guesses -

*Wolverine, The Musical


*New superhero role


*The Greatest Show on the Great White Way



LOL!

Hugh cannot do this to us -- making us wait


Three more sleeps

[jo]

If he announces it on the TODAY SHOW -- wouldn't be more a New York City-oriented news


Otherwise, it will be a Hollywood announcement ( via the studio) if it were a return to a superhero role


Haha - wishful thinking on my part --- that he is announcing a return to Broadway!


Hey, Hugh - Broadway Baby


Jo

[jo]

We all hope it is THE GREATEST SHOWMAN -- but is the stage adaptation ready?

What if it is another book musical for Hugh, instead of THE GREATEST SHOWMAN?

Unless whoever-is-in-charge has made a decision as to the staging format (stage musical/concert/LasVegas show/arena tour)?


If it is a stage musical -- which large theatre could be available, if not towards the end of this season, maybe for next season?

Have any additional songs (which they indicated may be necessary to mount a stage musical) been composed. Pasek and Paul are very busy people, given their commitments especially for film projects. Have they resolved the technical requirements for a spectacle-based show like SHOWMAN? Will the screenplay be the basis for the book of the musical? Who will adapt it or has it been already adapted for the stage?

And then of course the casting. I'd be happy if only Hugh is available, and maybe Keala, too. They are both Broadway veterans. And will it be the same creative team, but who are not neccesarily experienced for stage productions?

Mundane and practical matters that need to be sorted out -- it does take a long time to stage or mount a production in musical theatre.


Jo

[carouselkathy]

Greatest Showman on Broadway makes the most sense. He would be at home. Is the Schubert the largest theater? Does Radio City book musicals? Hmmm.

[jo]

Probably unlikely - but there is also this possibility :

[jo]

Nov 26, 2018 13:18:36 GMT -5 carouselkathy said:

Greatest Showman on Broadway makes the most sense. He would be at home. Is the Schubert the largest theater? Does Radio City book musicals? Hmmm.

The Shubert (capacity : 1502 ) is playing TO KILL A MOCKKINGBIRD at the moment.

The Winter Garden (1602) will be available, as SCHOOL OF ROCK has been announced to close in January 2019.

The Broadway (1763) may be available, as KING KONG is only doing capacity in the 70%. It is currently booking shows only up to April 14, 2019 ( is this date the cutoff for the TONYs?)

The Imperial (1457) is not hosting big shows at the moment. But a show featuring music of THE TEMPTATIONS is on advance selling from March to November 2019



Current Broadway show grosses --

www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm


Of course we don't know yet what Hugh will share with us on Thursday -- but there is no charge to speculate

[jo]

Re Radio City Music Hall --

I am not sure that I would like that to be the performing venue :

*I have been there twice and somehow it gives the show only a sense of spectacle ( plus they look like ants when you are on the topmost balcony … and not even that good on the first balcony) plus showing it on the big screens ( on both sides of the stage) takes out the feeling that you are in the theatre with the cast.

*And The Greatest Showman has moments of drama and joyful moments best appreciated on the more intimate confines of a Broadway house. I am not even sure that a "cave" like the Gershwin ( which has housed WICKED since 2003 -- did you know it was offered as an alternative to the Imperial for TBFO, but Hugh turned it down) will do the show justice. When I saw WICKED there, it felt as if I was in a moviehouse and distant ( although our orchestra seats were not that bad) from the production.

LOL - I guess we won't be too choosy if and when THE GREATEST SHOWMAN becomes

the greatest show on the great white way!

[jo]

Hugh LIKED Josh Horowitz's guess

Eeek!!!!!

[jo]

Oopsssss!!

LOL!

It seems that Hugh was actually referring to the TODAY SHOW in Australia, not the NYC-based NBC show!

Check out the link he provided in his social media message ( Twitter & Instagram).


So 2 sleeps to go -- that means we get it here in Manila in the wee hours ( if that is a morning show) as we are 3 hours ahead of Sydney/Melbourne.


EDIT: I have a feeling that Hugh's posts on social media incorrectly used the link to the Australian TODAY show for the NBC TODAY show!


Jo

[jo]

Nov 26, 2018 10:01:25 GMT -5 jo said:

http://instagr.am/p/BqpWqcqBoxU

Check out the link on the Instagram post.

That was what confused the confusion -- the video clip is from the NYC TODAY show!


Or did Hugh mistake the link for the Australian TODAY show for the NBC TODAY show?


This is confusing


Jo