Sutton Foster Brings the Charm (and Hugh Jackman!) to a Jazz-Infused Los Angeles Show

Sutton Foster performed with Hugh Jackman and the Pacific Jazz Orchestra at The Soraya in Northridge, California. The Tony-winner was backed by the Pacific Jazz Orchestra for the opening show of The Soraya's 2026-27 season. Sutton Foster charmed an appreciative audience on Saturday night at The Soraya in Northridge, California, with a nearly two-hour performance filled with show tunes and classics, backed by the Pacific Jazz Orchestra — with a surprise appearance by her romantic partner, Hugh Jackman. Foster kicked off the show by introducing a few folks, including her music director and collaborator, Michael Rafter, who was on piano during the night, and Pacific Jazz Orchestra conductor Chris Walden. She then noted the importance and value of live shows: “We are all live humans, and this is a live orchestra, and you are a live audience.

And we are so lucky that we get to gather and celebrate live music,” she said, to applause from the audience. The Tony winner sang several Cole Porter songs, including “I Get a Kick Out of You” and “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” from Anything Goes and “Don’t Look at Me That Way” (“It’s quickly becoming one of my favorites,” she said of the latter). She also sang Porter’s “Miss Otis Regrets,” which she noted she’d performed a dance number to when she was young.