Sutton Foster just grin because he supports his girlfriend Hugh Jackman on the opening night of his Radio City Music Hall Show From New York, With Love.
Foster, 49, attended the first night of Jackman’s concert on Friday, January 24, wearing a black sequined dress and matching coat — as seen in photos obtained by People. The Broadway icon was joined at the show by Jackman’s friends: Deadpool and Wolverine DIRECTORS Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynoldswho also made a surprise appearance to the crowd for an impromptu “Hugh & A” session.
Reynolds, 48, raved about Jackman, 56, telling PEOPLE, “I just want to say, I love this man, I love this man. He’s truly the best man I know. -an. And I have 4 children!”
He added that Jackman was “my gotcha for life,” although, Reynolds admitted, “I was his second best friend.”
Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman’s relationship was platonic before it turned into a romance. While Foster and Jackman crossed paths as fellow members of the Broadway community, their friendship grew stronger when they were both cast in the 2022 revival of The Music Man. While sharing the stage for more than a year, Foster and (…)
Perhaps his first close friend was Foster, who was also praised Jackman before after the duo appeared together in Broadway’s revival of The Music Man in 2022, portraying Professor Harold Hill and Marian Paroo, respectively.
“He’s one of the greatest guys, an amazing costar,” she said People last year. “And yeah, I think everyone knows that, anyway.”
Sources previously said We are every week that Foster and Jackman’s friendship developed into a romantic relationship during their The Music Man run — and while they are still married to other people. Jackman and his wife of 27 years, Deborra-lee Furnessannounced their separation in September 2023, while; Foster filed for divorce from the screenwriter Ted Griffin in October 2024 after 10 years of marriage.
“Sutton and Hugh’s relationship is the reason Hugh and Deb divorced,” a source close to Foster said. we in November 2024. “A lot of people on Broadway knew, and we kept it quiet because they were both very nice and good people. Everyone respects their privacy. But there is an affair and overlap. “
According to the source, Jackman and Foster are “very happy right now.”
Hugh Jackman during his From New York, With Love show
Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesThe pair were spotted kissing inside a car at an In-N-Out restaurant in the San Fernando Valley earlier this month, and were also photographed on a date night in Santa Monica. Now, the duo seems to have returned to their home base on the East Coast as Jackman is set to perform seven more Radio City weekends in 2025 and Foster will appear in Trisha Paytas‘ Big Broadway Dream one night only performance in St. James Theater on Monday, February 3, with the likes Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler.
No word yet on whether Jackman will support his latest love at the event, but he cheered Foster on at a performance of Once upon a Mattress in Los Angeles on January 4.
By 2022, Foster said Vogue that Jackman became one of his best friends thanks to The Music Man – and noted that they have family gatherings. (Jackman and Furness, 69, adopted son Oscar, 24, in 2000 and daughter Ava, 19, in 2005; Foster and Griffin are parents to Emily, 7, whom they adopted in 2017.)
“Usually you think about these things, ‘Well, I hope we get along,’ ” he explained, “but we just spent Memorial Day with our families.”
Before Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster started dating in 2024, they portrayed one of the most beautiful couples in the theater. Jackman and Foster were cast as Professor Harold Hill and Marian Paroo, respectively, in the 2022 revival of Broadway’s The Music Man, where they immediately hit it off and became friends off-screen. “Me and Hugh actually (…)
Foster also revealed that he and Jackman sit on the floor of his dressing room and chat before every show. “It’s an amazing thing,” Foster said during an appearance on Live with Kelly and Ryan. “We just talk and catch up on our day. That’s one of the best parts of the whole thing,” he added, “that I made this amazing new friend.”
Jackman spoke of their friendship in an Instagram post in December 2021, with Foster writing, “You are an amazing talent and friend. Your joy brings life to the entire @musicmanbway company. I can’t wait to see you in the world as Marian. They are in a terrible explosion.”
