Hugh Jackman Plans Broadway Return As Houdini

First Launched: The month of the month of january 4, 2012 2:19 PM EST Credit: Getty Images NY, N.Y. -- Caption Hugh Jackman attends the 2011 BAM Theater Gala within the Brooklyn Academy of Music in NY City on March 10, 2011Hugh Jackman loved his record-setting Broadway operate a lot this winter that hes handcuffing themselves with a future musical about Harry Houdini. Producers mentioned Wednesday that Jackman, best known to as hairy Wolverine inside the X-Males franchise, will star since the famous illusionist in Houdini. Its scheduled to attain Broadway through the 2013-14 season. Academy Award and six-time Emmy Award champion Aaron Sorkin of West Wing fame will write the story, and three-time Academy Award and four-time Grammy Award champion Stephen Schwartz of Wicked fame will write music and lyrics. Jackmans one-guy, 10-week Broadway concert show closed Sunday within the Broadhurst Theatre after you have acquired greater than $2 million within the final week. It absolutely was the finest weekly gross recorded with the Shubert Organization, which has the Broadhurst and 16 other Broadway theaters. Copyright 2012 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.