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The Boy From Oz

The Boy from Oz

Shows · The Boy from Oz

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
Music: Peter AllenLyrics: Peter AllenBook: Martin Sherman, Nick Enright

Productions1 on Broadway

2003 Original Theatre not recorded. · Philip William McKinley 364 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

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In the literature14 passages

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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