Hugh Jackman’s Broadway Speech Goes Viral After Sutton Foster Reveals COVID-19 Diagnosis: ‘Real Superheroes Do Not Wear Capes’

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Shout-out to the swings. Hugh Jackman celebrated understudies and swings after Sutton Foster had to miss a performance of The Music Man on Broadway in their first week of previews.“[A swing] covers up to 10 roles.

Kathy, when she turned up for work at 12 o’clock, could’ve played any of eight roles,” Jackman, 53, explained to the Music Man audience at New York City’s Winter Garden Theater during curtain call on Thursday, December 23.In the video, shared via Instagram by actress Katherine Winter, the Greatest Showman star explains that swing Kathy Voytko found out that the Younger star, 46, tested positive for COVID-19 just hours before going on in the leading lady’s role.