Hugh Jackman's name may be above the title, but the real star of The Boy from Oz is the late, great-and flamboyant-singer/songwriter Peter Allen.
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Linked From 64.227.165.55 at 12:00AMThey eat. They drink—a lot. They talk—even more. They meet a terrorist. They dance while the world burns and bombs fall.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMThe Boy From Oz opens, the Biltmore Theatre reopens, Jerry Herman celebrates the publication of his lyrics in book form...and much more!
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:00AMKatrina Yaukey and Martin Moran will assume the roles of Sally Bowles and Ernst Ludwig in the current Broadway revival of Cabaret Oct. 27 when Susan Egan and Peter Benson exit the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical at Studio 54.
Linked From web.playbill.com at 12:00AMIn celebration of Arthur Miller's 88th birthday today, we offer a review of Martin Gottfried's new book on America's greatest living playwright.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:00AMI'm hearing that Gretchen Mol will be the final Sally Bowles in the Broadway Cabaret.
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Linked From Broadway.com at 12:00AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
More stars than there are in the heavens will be there! No, not on an M-G-M soundstage for the making of a megamusical, but City Center’s stage and Career Transition For Dancers 9th annual gala benefit, Gotta Dance! A Dance Tribute to Hollywood, Monday, October 27th, at 7 P.M. Director, choreographer Randy Skinner of 42nd Street fame guarantees “a very special evening.” He says, “Not only are we going to have these movie musical greats together onstage – Cyd Charisse, Esther Williams, Jane Powell, Marge Champion, Fayard Nicholas, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn, Arlene Dahl – as well as such stars as Mary Tyler Moore, Lynn Redgrave, Cythia Gregory, Marni Nixon [the singing voice of so many stellar stars in film musicals], Rosie Perez and Leslie Browne - but also musical numbers saluting the films.
Linked From BroadwayStars at 12:00AMLast night a lot of celebrities came to the Imperial Theatre to see if Jackman -- whose publicist, I’m told, banned press from the after-party -- could pull off this odd career turn in “The …
Linked From www.foxnews.com at 12:00AMIf the producers had wanted to level with the public, they'd have come up with a more appropriate title, something on the order of "Hugh Jackman's Chest Hair! The Musical."
Linked From Washington Post at 12:00AMAs a show, "The Boy From Oz" sometimes seems like an expanded drag act, but Jackman's performance is so dazzling he transforms it into great Broadway entertainment.
Linked From New York Daily News at 12:00AMFlash of 70's Sequins by BEN BRANTLEY
Hugh Jackman's own rejuvenating life force saves the indisputedly bogus, bathetic musical biography of Australian songwriter Peter Allen.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMIn the end, "The Boy From Oz" is a show filled with aimless energy rather than inspiration, leaving theatergoers exhausted rather than entertained.
Linked From story.news.yahoo.com at 12:00AMAnyone who loved Allen and his songs is likely to enjoy the lightweight new musical that sailed into the Imperial last night. As for people who never heard of the guy, "The Boy from Oz" may …
Linked From NJ.com at 12:00AMReview by Matthew Murray
While pretending to celebrate pop icon Peter Allen and the wonderful star playing him, Hugh Jackman, the show succeeds at doing little more than paying tribute to the accepted mediocrity so prevalent on today's Broadway stages.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 12:00AMInitial business should be brisk for this lavish musical, both because of Jackman's star power and the inherent appeal of the subject matter to a large segment of the theatergoing public. Ho…
Linked From Reuters at 12:00AMReviewed By: David Finkle
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:00AMWhat's Next? Skyboxes? by JASON ZINOMAN
The elegantly renovated Biltmore Theater offers wide camel-colored chairs with high wood backs and an exclusive Patron's Lounge.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMThe man in the audience wearing the blue sweater had had enough.
He had forked over $25 to hear Edward Albee talk - or, some might say, refuse to talk - at the University of Maryland, College Park, and he did not attempt to hide his irritation when he finally got a chance to pose a question to the playwright.
Linked From www.sunspot.net at 12:00AMThe Huntington Theatre Company announced record-breaking ticket sales for "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Butley," the first two shows of its 2003-04 season.
Linked From theedge.bostonherald.com at 12:00AMMia Farrow is a bit scared. But then she always is -- about work, anyway.
Linked From Boston Globe at 12:00AMFilichia checks his e-mail to see what readers have had to say about his recent columns.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:00AMMajor regional theaters are taking children's theater seriously, as plays for young audiences win awards and appear on Broadway.
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Linked From www.csmonitor.com at 12:00AMIN "The Middle Beast," three Lebanese men - one Jewish, one Muslim, one Christian - compete for the same piece of land.
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AMA Reincarnation of Sinatra Under Radio City's Big Top by STEPHEN HOLDEN
The Las Vegas-ready celebration of Frank Sinatra at Radio City Music Hall suggests a wacky, hyperbolic A&E "Biography."
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMLight Verses With a Bittersweet Side by STEPHEN HOLDEN
The cult lyricist interspersed pithy light verses with songs at Joe's Pub on Saturday and Sunday.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMA Pair of Romantics at Heart by STEPHEN HOLDEN
The kindred spirits of Michael Feinstein and Jimmy Webb came together at Feinstein's at Regency on Tuesday to provide an enlightening musical dialogue.
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"The Boy From Oz":
Linked From at 12:00AMWe'd like to mention a birthday for the Broadway and HollywoodStar, RICHARD CONNEMA! Don't do anything today that Hugh Jackman wouldn't do!
Linked From at 12:00AMAnd as for the Yankee game tonight -- "Bucky Dent". That's all I have to say!
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