Cheyenne Jackson the man dubbed Broadway's "sexiest man" is heading to Xanadu - to replace injured James Carpinello in the stage musical. Carpinello badly injured his foot during rehearsals earlier this week (beg11Jun07) and has been forced to leave the show - to make way for United 93 Jackson insists he'll only star in the show until Carpinello recovers, stating, "My heart goes out to him, as he spent months working on this project, only to be injured so close to opening night. I am honoured to borrow his skates."The show's official opening night was postponed earlier this week when the full extent of Carpinello's injury was realised. A new opening night date will be announced shortly. Jackson began his Broadway career by understudying for both male leads in Thoroughly Modern Milliebeore going on to understudy for the character of Radames in Aida.In 2005 he landed his first leading man role as Chad in the musical tribute to Elvis, 'All Shook Up.' This role earned hiim critical praise and nominations from the Drama League and Outer Critics Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor.Most recently Jackson starred in Oscar nominated picture United 93, directed by Paul Greengrass.