Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Hugh Jackman Weekend Shows at Radio City Full of Empty Seats, Some Priced as Low as 35 Bucks: Is it the Weather? Or the Divorce?

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Something’s definitely off with Hugh Jackman’s Radio City shows.

The “Wolverine” actor plays three shows this weekend — Friday night, Saturday matinee, and evening.

There are large numbers of empty seats at every show. Some are going for as low as $35.

I thought when I wrote about lagging ticket sales a couple of weeks ago that the promoters would do something to gin up interest.

But the sound of silence has been deafening. The result is that Jackman is going to be lonely this weekend.

What’s the cause of this apathetic response? Is it too hot? It”s not too expensive. Are Jackman’s female fans turned off because of his contentious public divorce from long time wife Debra-Lee Furness?

Meantime, tickets go on sale Friday for Sutton Foster’s December run at Cafe Carlyle. The seats should sell fast, but we’ll see if she has trouble too considering Jackman left Furness for her.

Also just announced at Cafe Carlyle: the famed folk, rock (and classical) musician Judy Collins from September 9th to the 20th. What an amazing opportunity to see a true legend up close!

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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