Hugh Jackman, Josh Groban, Ben Platt, Idina Menzel, and More on Their Most Embarrassing Musical Auditions

In honor of the Tonys, we asked some of our favorite Broadway actors to share the story of their most memorable auditions for a musical. Josh Groban recounts being laughed out of the room for his try at Sweeney Todd, Idina Menzel shares the secret of her Wicked outburst, Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr. reveals the song he always auditions with, and Hugh Jackman admits that his run for the musical Beauty and the Beast forced him into singing lessons.