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OverallTony nomination: Best Revival of a Musical7B

The Music Man

Broadway

May 20, 2022

Winter Garden Theatre (Broadway)

Hugh Jackman! Super exciting to see him, but Sutton Foster stole the show.

Score breakdown

Book7BLyrics7BMusic7BDirection7BSet7BCostumeTony nomination: Best Costume Design of a Musical7BChoreoTony nomination: Best Choreography7BLighting7BSound7B

Performer notes

Sutton Foster

as Marian Paroo

Overall10SActing 10SSinging 10SDancing 10S

Hugh Jackman

as Professor Harold Hill

Overall8AActing 8ASinging 8ADancing 8A

About the show

The Music Man Broadway in 2022 - Two-time Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Emmy Award winner Hugh Jackman will make his highly anticipated return to Broadway in what is widely agreed to be the greatest role ever created for an actor in the history of musical theater: Professor Harold Hill in Meredith Willson’s beloved classic, The Music Man. Two-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy superstar Sutton Foster will star as Marian Paroo. The production, directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle, will begin performances on September 9, 2020, and officially open on October 15, 2020.

Awards

2022 Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical (nomination)2022 Drama League Awards: Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater (win)2022 Drama League Awards: Distinguished Performance Awards (nomination)2022 Drama League Awards: Outstanding Direction of a Musical (nomination)2022 Drama League Awards: Outstanding Revival of a Musical (nomination)2022 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Outstanding Choreography (nomination)2022 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) (nomination)2022 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (nomination)2022 Tony Awards: Best Choreography (nomination)2022 Tony Awards: Best Costume Design of a Musical (nomination)2022 Tony Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (nomination)2022 Tony Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (nomination)2022 Tony Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (nomination)2022 Tony Awards: Best Revival of a Musical (nomination)