Hugh Jackman back on Broadway

Get those “Seventy-Six Trombones” ready, because Hugh

Jackman is starring in a Broadway revival of The Music Man. Though the two-time Tony winner has returned to Broadway three times since — in two plays and in a solo concert — The Music Man will be his first role in a Broadway musical since his debut more than 16 years ago in The Boy From Oz.

He’s kept his singing voice in shape in the meantime by starring in movie musicals such as Les Misérables and The Greatest Showman, hosting the Tony Awards four times and globetrotting with his arena tour.

The new staging of Meredith Willson’s classic will begin performances on Sept. 9, 2020, and officially open on Oct, 22, 2020, at a Shubert theatre to be announced later. It will be directed by Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Warren Carlyle.