Hugh Jackman Launches Theater Company, Promising 'Intimate & Accessible' Live Shows - Get the Details!

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Hugh Jackman is starting a new venture! Along with producer Sonia Friedman and director Ian Rickson, the 56-year-old actor has launched Together, with the aim of creating “intimate and accessible” live theater that “will be driven by a commitment to offering audiences a chance to experience theater in a fresh and engaging way.” Together will stage short runs of fully rehearsed, full-length plays, along with readings, panel discussions and other events in the United States, the United Kingdom and beyond, per Deadline. Keep reading to find out more… The focus will be on collaboration, ensemble, equal pay for actors, and shared creative credit. “By stripping the fully rehearsed productions down to their essentials, with minimal décor, Together aims to celebrate the raw power of storytelling — getting back to what often makes theater so compelling in the first place,” the company’s announcement reads.

Performances will take place in small venues, where established actors will perform “just feet from the audience, creating an intimate, elemental experience and heightened sense of community.” See Hugh Jackman‘s full joint statement with Sonia Friedman… “With director Ian Rickson we wanted to create a company where actors, writers, and directors could experiment, explore, and take risks, away from the pressures that are often associated with the commercial theater world.

Together is about going back to basics, rediscovering the simple, thrilling essence of live performance,” they said. “At the same time, this isn’t about our stepping away from Broadway or the West End—it’s about supporting and coexisting alongside them.