Washington
(ANI):
Hugh
Jackman
joined
a
team
of
stars
including
Jeremy
Irons,
Dame
Helen
Mirren
and
Whoopi
Goldberg
to
pay
tribute
to
Broadway
legend
Gerald
Schoenfeld
on
February
9.
The
actor
hailed
Schoenfeld
as
a
representative
of
'the
very,
very
best
of
Broadway'
when
he
presented
the
event
honouring
the
theatre
legend,
reports
Contactmusic.
Schoenfeld,
who
died
in
November
(08)
aged
84,
brought
dozens
of
hit
shows
to
New
York,
including
'A
Chorus
Line',
'Cats',
and
'The
Phantom
of
the
Opera'
as
the
chairman
of
the
Shubert
Organization,
which
owns
and
operates
17
Broadway
theatres.
During
the
two-hour
memorial,
held
at
New
York's
Majestic
Theatre,
the
'X-Men'
star
recalled
how
Schoenfeld
would
stand
in
the
wings
several
nights
a
week
while
Jackman
performed
the
lead
in
the
musical
'The
Boy
from
Oz'
in
2003.
Jackman
then
told
the
crowd
that
Schoenfeld
particularly
liked
his
play's
final
number
'Once
Before
I
Go',
which
he
sang
for
Schoenfeld
one
last
time.