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Hugh Jackman: From New York, With Love review – the showman hits Broadway again

The actor and performer’s charmingly old fashioned one-man show saw him rattle through surprising list of showtunes and fan favorites

He rattled off Ya Got Trouble from The Music Man with impressive precision, but sounded a little wobbly on You Will Be Found, a number from Dear Evan Hansen – not a Jackman show, mind, but one with songs by Greatest Showman songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The backstory around some of his choices was often as entertaining as the songs themselves, as when he preceded Stars from Les Miserables with an account of using it to audition for Beauty and the Beast on Broadway and biffing the final soaring note. Just as any additional Wolverine movies will probably hit the same notes as the earlier ones, a show like From New York, With Love is more feature-length encore than innovation, and one that must naturally subtract some of the versatility that makes Jackman such a dynamic performer.

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