Hugh Jackman Will Host the 68th Annual Tony Awards for the 4th Time

Famous Australian Actor Hugh Jackman (well-known as Wolverine) has been announced to host the 68th annual Tony Awards in June, his 4th time hosting the event, which honors the best of Broadway, the legit award show he earlier supervised from 2003 to 2005. According to the media reports, The Tony Awards will be organized on June 8, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Hugh has publicized the news by sharing a video on his Instagram account, with the caption, “I couldn’t wait another minute. I wanted you to be the first to know. This year, I am going to be hosting the Tony Awards. See you there!”

He also used twitter to break the news. He tweeted, “Couldn’t wait another minute… The Tony Awards. 4th Time.”

He won a Tony award for his Broadway first appearance in “The Boy from Oz” in 2003, a yearlong commitment that was the precursor of the growing wave of stars to play the Rialto in current seasons. The same year, Hugh also grabbed an Emmy for his hosting performances.

For more than a few years, Hugh was associated with the brewing Broadway musical “Houdini” prior to quitting because of scheduling limitations. Even when he is not appearing in a show, however, he is frequently a match in the New York legit industry, turning up on the Tonys when he is not hosting and repeatedly going to theater events in the city. In 2012, he was awarded with an exceptional Tony for his offerings to the Broadway society.

Now, Hugh will host the show for the fourth time, equaling to Neil Patrick Harris, another Broadway most wanted star who presided the show four times from 2009 to 2013.

"Hugh is an extraordinary talent and loyal supporter of the Broadway community - whether he is on-stage or in the audience, We are honoured to have him back as host," said a combined announcement from Tony Awards heads Charlotte St Martin and Heather Hitchens.

Jackman won a Golden Globe in 2013 for his outstanding performance in Tom Hooper's Les Miserables. He previously attended Broadway in 2011 with an enormously flourishing one-man show and also came out in A Steady Rain with Daniel Craig in 2009. He currently backed down from a new Broadway musical in which he got the role of a reputed illusionist Harry Houdini, due to scheduling problem.

Last year’s Tony event got 7.24 million viewers, the largest viewership in 4 years. Nominations for upcoming show will be declared on 29 April in New York.