Boy From Oz
Opening Night: October 16, 2003
Closing: September 12, 2004
Theater: Imperial Theatre
Hugh Jackman and Beth Fowler star in The Boy From Oz. Featuring the music of Peter Allen and a book by Martin Sherman, the musical tells the dazzling, funny, and heart-breaking story of Peter Allen, from humble beginnings growing up in the Australian outback through a meteoric rise to fame and international stardom. Philip Wm. McKinley directs.
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October 17, 2003
HUGH JACKMAN’S shoulders must ache like the devil when he wakes up in the morning. After all, this able-bodied, infinitely appealing young man is spending most of his nights engaged in the heaviest lifting this side of a Mr. Universe training camp. No shoulders, no matter how broad, should be asked to heft such a burden.
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