The Boy from Oz
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The life of Australian entertainer Peter Allen unfolds from his childhood performing in outback pubs to his marriage to Liza Minnelli, his struggles with his sexuality, his rise as a flamboyant showman, and his tragic death from AIDS. Through it all, Allen's irrepressible talent and showmanship shine as he writes hit songs and dazzles audiences from Radio City to Rio.
- Opened
- 2003
- Performances
- 364
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Modern
Productions1 on Broadway
| 2003 | Original Theatre unknown. · Philip William McKinley | 364 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 4 albums held
Licensing not confirmed
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14 passages naming The Boy from Oz, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Hugh Jackman in The Boy from Oz, are good examples. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p288
The Boy from Oz (2003), Peter Allen; Jersey Boys (2005), Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p679
Mitchel David Federan (The Boy From Oz), Alexander Gemignani (Assassins), Hugh Jackman (The Boy From 02), |sabel Keating (The Boy From 02) book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p424
performed by the star of The Boy From Oz, A Steady Rain and filmdom's The X-Men series. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2011-to-may-2012-viagas-robert-8th-annual-ed#p176
Roughly twenty-seven musicals between 2001 and 2013 were produced using previously existing songs. Some have written a story around an existing catalog of songs, like Jersey Boys or The Boy From Oz, and others have transferred a movie musical to the stage with its original score relatively intact like Chitty Chitty Ban… book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p286
MVP: Hugh Jackman (The Boy from Oz ) Rookies: Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, and Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q ) book:b007l4owcu-ebok-peter-filichia#p4
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