Nicole Kidman Receives Standing Ovation at Broadway’s ‘The Music Man’

Nicole Kidman obtained a heat welcome on Broadway Saturday night when she made a shock look at a efficiency of Hugh Jackman’s “The Music Man” revival. Throughout an public sale for the charity Broadway Cares/Fairness Fights AIDS, Kidman made her presence identified when she bid a hefty sum of $100,000 for a hat signed by Jackman.

Jackman shared a video of the assembly on Twitter, thanking his fellow Australian thespian for her help.

“I really like you. I really like Broadway. And I really like what they do, Broadway Cares, however I additionally wish to say this present is extraordinary,” Kidman stated, taking the microphone after approaching the stage on the Winter Backyard Theatre.

“I’ve identified Nic for nearly 30 years. I’ve labored together with her. I can inform you this isn’t a shock to me. She is likely one of the most beneficiant souls I do know,” Jackman adopted. “You’re a good looking particular person. I really like you. Thanks.”

Kidman’s shouted bid of $100,000 drew an enthused response from the group, main Jackman to joke “I simply wish to be clear, this isn’t Australian {dollars}.” (Below present conversion charges, Kidman’s bid quantities to $148,744 Australian {dollars}.)

“Ms. Kidman’s outstanding help of Broadway Cares/Fairness Fights AIDS on Saturday night time was fantastic to see and her extraordinary generosity will likely be deeply appreciated by the whole Broadway neighborhood,” Kate Horton, producer on “The Music Man,” shared in a press release.

Nicole Kidman’s look comes days after being named because the recipient of the American Movie Institute’s lifetime achievement award. A gala tribute will happen on June 10 on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Whereas Jackman and Kidman are two of Hollywood’s most outstanding Australian actors, the 2 have solely collaborated a handful of occasions. The pair led Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 journey epic “Australia” and offered the voices of the penguin mother and father to the tap-dancing pariah Mumble within the 2006 animated characteristic “Completely satisfied Ft.”

“The Music Man” has been the most important hit of the 12 months on Broadway, producing $2 to $3 million every week in ticket gross sales. The present is ready to shut on Jan. 15, 2023.