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Main competition of Hugh Jackman for a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical --

Presumably, there is no or not much display of the dance art form in this musical?

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May 12, 2022 21:39:54 GMT -5 jo said:

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Hugh Jackman Responds to Michelle Williams Saying She Wants to Be in a
Greatest Showman Sequel

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Hugh Jackman Responds to Michelle Williams Saying She Wants to Be in a Greatest Showman Sequel
The Australian star, who played the title role in the 2017 musical film, tells PEOPLE his thoughts about the actress joining him for a potential follow-up movie

By Michael Gioia
May 12, 2022 10:26 PM


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Michelle Williams isn't the only one who is ready to head back to the circus!

Hugh Jackman is also sharing his feelings on a potential sequel to 2017's The Greatest Showman should the creative team head back to the drawing board, after the actress said she would be up for starring in a follow-up to the musical film.

"Listen, if you know anything about my filmography, you'd know I'm totally against sequels in every shape or form. No more than nine films!" Jackman, 53, jokingly tells PEOPLE at the 2022 Tony Awards nominees event Thursday in New York City.

The X-Men film series star — who was Tony-nominated for his role as Professor Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of The Music Man, in which he currently stars — adds, "I'm always open, if they come up with a good idea. Yeah, I'm open!"

RELATED: Michelle Williams Would Make a Greatest Showman Sequel 'in a Heartbeat': 'I Really Love That Movie'



Williams (who played Charity Barnum in The Greatest Showman opposite Jackman's P.T. Barnum) told Variety if a sequel was made she would do "another one of those in a heartbeat."

The Oscar nominee, 41, added, "That movie brought so much joy to so many people and to make people that happy, man that is a worthwhile thing to spend your time doing."

The film — which grossed $434.9 million globally — follows circus master P.T. Barnum and features original music by Tony Award-winning Dear Evan Hansen songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. It also stars Zac Efron and Zendaya.


Though Jackman may be willing to get back under the big top, he is currently parading around River City in The Music Man alongside fellow Tony nominee Sutton Foster at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre.

Despite having to delay the show's opening on Broadway due to the pandemic, Jackman tells PEOPLE he "never doubted" that theater would be back in full swing.



"I think there is a huge communal need to come together…so I just knew that at some point we were coming back," he says, adding that choreographer Warren Carlyle kept him motivated as they rehearsed "three to four times a week."

Jackman explains, "For a year and a half, we were dancing. Listen. I have to dance every night against Sutton Foster. I better be bringing it!"

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Media focus seems to cite Hugh's name in any Tony coverage --

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Another promo clip

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Greatest Of All Time!

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I was hoping they'd do "Marian the Librarian" at the Tonys, but perhaps it's too long for the time allotted. I wonder what Warren C.'s "something amazing" will be: a truncated version of "Marian"? Or something totally new?

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CHITA RIVERA AWARDS
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

Awards will be presented Monday, June 20
at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com

(Tuesday, May 17, 2022) - Nominations for the 2022 Chita Rivera Awards were announced today. In keeping with the mission of the Chita Rivera Awards, nominators considered shows and films that opened during the 2019-2022 theater season.

The 2022 Chita Rivera Awards will be presented on June 20 at 7:30pm at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place off Washington Square Park), and produced by Joe Lanteri, Founder and Executive Director of the New York City Dance Alliance Foundation, Inc. in conjunction with Patricia Watt.

Tickets to the Chita Rivera Awards are available to the general public at www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com.

The mission of the Chita Rivera Awards is to celebrate dance and choreographic excellence, preserve notable dance history, recognize past, present and future talents, while promoting high standards in dance education and investing in the next generation.

At this year’s Chita Rivera Awards, Tony, Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Joel Grey will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.



Nominators considered outstanding choreography, featured dancers, and ensemble in shows on Broadway and Off Broadway, as well as, outstanding choreography in film, that opened pre-Covid as well as in the 2021-2022 season. Nominations for the productions under consideration this season will be determined by the designated nominating committee. There are separate nominating committees for Broadway, Off Broadway and Film. There is also an awarding committee for Broadway, which determines the final nominations that are received from the Broadway nominations committee

Awarding Committee
Chair: Sylviane Gold, Gary Chryst, Robert LaFosse, Donna McKechnie, Wendy Perron, and Lee Roy Reams

Broadway Nominating Committee
Chair: Wendy Federman, Melinda Atwood, Caitlin Carter, Gary Chryst, Jamie DeRoy, Peter Filichia, Dr. Louis Galli, Jonathan Herzog, Jim Kierstead, Robert LaFosse, Joe Lanteri, Donna McKechnie, Mary Beth O’Connor, Wendy Perron, Lee Roy Reams, Andy Sandberg, and Randy Skinner

Off-Broadway Nominating Committee
Chair: Andy Sandberg, Maria DiDia, Jonathan Herzog, Deidre Goodwin, Scott Jovovich, Robert LaFosse
Michael Milton

Film Nominating Committee
Chair: Jonathan C. Herzog, Steven Caras, Wilhelmina Frankfurt, Grethe B. Holby, Mary Beth O’Connor, and Andy Sandberg

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Tickets for the Chita Rivera Awards are currently on sale and can be purchased at www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com. Ticket prices are as follows: $100 for a balcony ticket to the Awards ceremony, $500 for an orchestra ticket to the Awards ceremony and admission to the pre-show red carpet cocktail party and VIP reception, and $5000 for 10 Orchestra tickets to the Awards ceremony, admission for 10 to the pre-show red carpet cocktail party & 1 table at the VIP reception.

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2022 CHITA RIVERA AWARD NOMINATIONS


BROADWAY

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A BROADWAY SHOW
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Bill T. Jones, Garrett Coleman, Jason Oremus, Paradise Square
Annie-B Parsons, American Utopia
Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ, The Musical


OUTSTANDING MALE DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Myles Frost, MJ the Musical
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
AJ Shively, Paradise Square
Tony Yazbeck, Flying Over Sunset


OUTSTANDING FEMALE DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Robin Hurder, Moulin Rouge
Tendayi Kuumba, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Heather Lang, Jagged Little Pill
Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical


OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A BROADWAY SHOW
American Utopia
for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
MJ, The Musical
Moulin Rouge
Paradise Square
The Music Man

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Another well-deserved accolade: May Hugh be as successful as he was in 2004! (He won!)

www.rte.ie/entertainment/2004/0602/401685-jackmanh/

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Sutton Foster has just won the DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE award from the Drama League!

Now she joins Hugh Jackman ( won it in 2004...and given only once in a performer's career) in this unique award from the DRAMA LEAGUE!

CONGRATULATIONS, Sutton Foster !!

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