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The Music Man review: Hugh Jackman dazzles in uneven Broadway show

by Jesse Hassenger

Winter Garden Theatre, New York The actor enthusiastically sings and dances through a big-budget version of the much-loved musical but the show around him isn't always on his level The newly opened Broadway revival of The Music Man is the first time Hugh Jackman has played brazen swindler Harold Hill (though, per the Playbill credits, he apparently played Salesman #2 as a teenager). But the role is such a natural fit…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:24pm on February 11, 2022