Although proper now he’s getting shredded for his return as James Howlett aka Wolverine within the upcoming movie, Deadpool 3, everyone knows a softer theater boy is lurking inside Hugh Jackman. A jack of all trades, the celebrated actor has appeared in a slew of Broadway titles over time from Carousel to The Boy from Oz, and, most not too long ago, The Music Man. But it was his West End efficiency within the 1998 revival of Oklahoma! that’s endlessly had audiences speaking concerning the actor’s unbelievable vary. And now, for the primary time, his legendary efficiency will make its means off the stage and onto the massive display for a two-day-only occasion.
Brought to audiences by Trafalgar Releasing, the once-in-a-lifetime alternative will drop the movie into choose theaters throughout the nation for followers who have been unable (or too younger) to make it to the celebrated stage manufacturing. Tickets are on sale at present for the screenings which you’ll be able to drive your surrey to on Sunday, July 16, and Wednesday, July 19.
Along with the massive information, the studio additionally launched a trailer that includes Jackman alongside the remainder of the award-winning forged performing hit after hit from the beloved Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II manufacturing. Directed by three-time Tony Award winner Trevor Nunn (CATS, Les Misérables), the characteristic additionally stars Maureen Lipman, Josefina Gabrielle, Vicki Simon, Jimmy Johnston, Peter Polycarpou, and Tony and Olivier Award recipient Shuler Hensley. Not solely does the movie’s launch rejoice the twenty fifth anniversary of the Jackman-led stage manufacturing nevertheless it additionally rings within the present’s eightieth anniversary.
What’s Oklahoma! About?
The very first musical penned by the enduring duo, Rodgers and Hammerstein (The Sound of Music, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I), the present is ready in 1906 on a sprawling piece of farming nation. A love story, Oklahoma! focuses on Laurey Williams’ (Gabrielle) selection between two suitors, a cowboy named Curly McLain (Jackman) and the up-to-no-good farmhand Jud Fry (Hensley).
There’s little question that his look in Oklahoma! launched Jackman to stardom as solely two years later he would land his breakthrough position in X-Men, rapidly turning into some of the sought-after actors in Hollywood. Likewise, his unbelievable expertise for singing and dancing would additionally discover him forged in options like Les Misérables and The Greatest Showman to not point out his personal one-man stage present in 2011.
Have a ravishing morning, afternoon, and night on July 16 and 19 if you see Jackman and the remainder of the 1998 West End forged of Oklahoma! on the massive display. Catch the trailer under.