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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 10/12- Hugh Jackman

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Welcome to BWW's THIS DAY Series celebrating theatrical birthdays, openings and special events that took place on this day in theatre history!

Happy Birthday Hugh Jackman! Jackman will next be seen in the role of Jean Valjean in the upcoming and highly anticipated Les Misérables film. Jackman is also working on Broadway's Harry Houdini, set for the stage in 2013. He has also appeared on the Great White Way in Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, A Steady Rain and The Boy From Oz. He played Curly in the West End's Oklahoma!, and appeared in an Off-Broadway production of Carousel, along with hosting the Tony Awards three times.

In celebration of this day, we bring you 'Not the Boy Next Door' as performed at the 2004 Tony Awards. Click below to check it out!

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