On stage 1 production
| 1971 | Soon Ritz Theatre · Original | 3 perf. |
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In the literature8 passages
- The show that has probably achieved the highest international profile would be The Boy from Oz , with a book by Nick Enright telling the story of Australian singer and songwriter Peter Allen (1944-92), using Allen’s own songs. Directed by Gale Edwards (1954- ), it opened on 5 March 1998 at Her Majesty’s Theatre , Sydney. Jill Perryman tol…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
- “The authors went to great pains to work out what was Peter Allen ’s demon”, says Tony Sheldon . “This man whose stage persona was this camp, devil-may-care, let’s have a good time, ‘I Go to Rio’ thing, yet all his songs were about loss and loneliness. The author, Nick Enright , spent nine drafts trying to pin down what was the demon that…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
- Boy from Oz, The Music and Lyrics by Peter Allen (& others) Book by Nick Enright 1998 EMI 7243 4 95660 2 6ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
- Today, even the most popular star cannot keep a panned musical from sinking, as when Peter Allen went down along with ‘Legs’ Diamond, but the lack of a star can submerge one that is barely afloat. Television superstar Nell Carter’s ill-considered withdrawal from the Ain’t Misbehavin’ revival caused the barely profitable production to foun…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
- 181 Legs Diamond, Peter Allen’s musical about a gangster that opened and closed in early 1989 went through five years of drastic changes - right up to opening night. Characters came and went and the focus of the show changed from Legs’ murdering and mayhem to a sympathetic anti-hero who takes up a life of crime out of frustration for fail…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
- So Fierstein tried another musical. Legs Diamond. The show in which Peter Allen didn’t just need to star but had to write the music and lyrics, too, was one of the most reviled shows of the postwar era. Whenever a show has more previews (seventy-two) than performances (sixty-four), something’s wrong. The Nederlanders, who owned the Mark H…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
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