Hugh Jackman Spotted Watching Once Upon a Mattress Performance Starring Sutton Foster

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The actor was joined by Carol Burnett at the show in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 4

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Published on January 5, 2025 06:30AM EST
Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster
Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Casey Durkin/NBC via Getty

Hugh Jackman is supporting Sutton Foster on tour.

Jackman, 56, was spotted attending Foster’s play Once Upon a Mattress at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 4. He was joined in the audience by Carol Burnett — who played Foster’s role in the original 1959 production.

In photos published by DeuxMoi, a smiling Jackman is seen holding his phone up toward Burnett, 91, while sitting beside her in the theater and the rest of the audience is looking towards them. Burnett gave a kiss and a wave to the crowd.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 15: Sutton Foster during the final curtain call for the hit revival of "The Music Man" on Broadway at The Winter Garden Theater on January 15, 2023 in New York City.
Jackman and Foster during the final curtain call for ‘The Music Man’ on Broadway in January 2023.Bruce Glikas/Getty

Jackman and Burnett came to see Foster in the second-to-last show of Once Upon a Mattress, per the pop culture outlet. “The audience gave massive applause for Carol Burnett during the intermission,” one attendee shared.

Jackman and Foster previously starred alongside each other in the Broadway show The Music Man, which ran from December 2021 to January 2023.

In June 2024, Foster spoke to PEOPLE about her great experience working with Jackman in The Music Man. 

“He’s one of the greatest guys ever, an incredible costar,” Foster said.

“And yeah, I think everyone already knows that, though.” She added that Jackman taught her “how to be an amazing leader.”

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Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster pose at the opening night of "The Music Man" on Broadway at The Winter Garden Theater on February 10, 2022 in New York City.
Jackman and Foster pose at the opening night of ‘The Music Man’ on Broadway in February 2022.Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

Jackman and his ex-wife Deborra-lee Furness announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage in September 2023.

Foster filed for divorce from her ex-husband Ted Griffin of nearly a decade on Oct. 22, 2024, according to court records reviewed by PEOPLE.