Knelman: Hugh Jackman mania draws Broadway players to Toronto Suddenly Toronto is becoming an entertainment hotspot, thanks to Hugh-mania. Media mogul Ted Turner and Prada-wearing Vogue editor Anna Wintour are probably the rich and famous who've been spotted within the audience for Hugh Jackman In Concert at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Plus they are only some of the power players within the crowd who routinely travel by prada handbags online. Other VIPS from the entertainment world, including producers and Broadway theatre owners, also have made quick trips for this city to trap Jackman?ˉs act ?a that has quickly attained buzz status as Broadway?ˉs newest thing. Like fellow members of the audience, they have a great time ?a but they don?ˉt result in the trip for entertainment. They would like to be part of the action, or make a deal with Hugh, or perhaps be charter members of a golf club, the brand new Yorkers who catch Jackman?ˉs act BEFORE it becomes a Tony-winning Broadway smash. To date, however, there has been no deal, not even a clear answer to the key question of when there might be amount of time in Jackman?ˉs crowded schedule for a long New York run. However the betting is that it?ˉs only a question of your time until he conquers Broadway. There'd not have access to been a Hugh Jackman stage show come july 1st if his next Wolverine movie choose to go ahead as originally planned. However it had to be postponed because Japan (where it was to be shot) was rocked with a tsunami and so the original director, Darren Aronofsky, dropped from the project. Jackman says the Wolverine movie will start shooting in October. So he would not be able to accept a deal to create his stage show to Ny this fall ?a unless the movie is further delayed. Meanwhile, Jackman is to star as Jean Valjean in a movie version of the musical Les Miserables, which producer Cameron Mackintosh continues to be likely to start shooting in January, 2012. That may mean Broadway will need to wait until mid-2012. ?°It?ˉs great to determine Toronto once more as a celebrity destination,?± says Jprada men store, marketing director for Mirvish Productions. ?°There is a steady and large stream of distinguished out-of-town-guests.?± Toronto?ˉs luck, as it happens, ended up being to catch this phenomenon at exactly the right moment. When it opened in Bay area in May, the word was the act was shaky, looking for a fix, and never ready yet for prime time. When it opened in the Princess of Wales Theatre last week, it was tough to see any way the show might be better. Toronto wasn?ˉt the only real city wanting to take Jackman?ˉs show on short notice. But he chose Toronto over Chicago ?a maybe while he has fond memories of filming X-Men here about ten years ago. And luckily for all of us, Jackman worked out the show?ˉs kinks in San Francisco. In the New York Post now, Michael Riedel recalled that word of mouth concerning the show?ˉs early performances, was ?°Needs work.?± In Bay area, insiders considered the show ramshackle, with a Vegas-y feel and cruise-ship choreography. Jackman and the director, Warren Carlyle, tightened and polished the show, which makes it slicker and tighter. Presto: Hugh Jackman In Concert is really a class act, and definitely ready for Broadway. No wonder the show is selling out. The box-office record for the theatre was recently set through the Lion King, with near to $1.7 million for an eight-performance week. Jackman does seven shows per week rather than eight. Mirvish is not releasing prada sunglasses but a good guess would be that in the first week it absorbed around $1.5 million. Jackman spends considerable time communicating with fans, and on a typical night, there are 300 of them waiting at the stage door. There?ˉs only one detail that would have made this fairy tale better. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were in Canada a few days the show opened, plus they were invited. However they bypassed Toronto and flew in the new england to Yellowknife. William and Kate missed a chance to catch an evening to consider in the only theatre on the planet named following the future king?ˉs mother.