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Does Hugh Jackman think he's in Vegas?

November 17, 2011 6:37 PM By LINDA WINER linda.winer@newsday.com

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Photo credit: Joan Marcus | Hugh Jackman in " Back on Broadway" at The Broadhurst Theatre beginning October 25, 2011. Opening night on November 10, 2011.

Linda Winer

Newsday theater critic and arts columnist Linda Winer. Linda Winer

Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday,

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This will probably get me into trouble, but here goes:

Hugh Jackman's act is more like Donny and Marie than Billy Crystal. More Wayne Newton than Elaine Stritch. More Vegas, yikes, than Broadway.

Does anyone care? Obviously not. "Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway" is a huge success and deservedly so. Lots of people -- middle-aged women, gay men, action-picture fans, Australians -- are clearly...

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