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The Boy from Oz is an Australian jukebox musical based on the life of singer and songwriter Peter Allen, featuring songs written by him. The book commissioned for the musical is by Nick Enright , based on Stephen MacLean 's 1996 biography of Allen.
7 de feb. de 2018 · Holly Henderson. 243 subscribers. Subscribed. 192. 16K views 6 years ago. 1995 Documentary about the legendary Oscar-winning Australian singer-songwriter. Known for his outlandish stage...
The Boy From Oz es un musical basado en la vida del cantante y compositor Peter Allen, en el cual se utilizaron canciones escritas por él. El libreto es de Martin Sherman y el libro original de Nick Enright.
"The Boy From Oz" tells about the life of the great Australian entertainer, Peter Allen. The show starts with in the 1950s with his humble beginnings growing up in an Australian bush town. He then experiences a meteoric rise to fame as an international star opening for Judy Garland and selling out week-long engagements at Radio City Music Hall.
The Boy From Oz is the most successful Australian musical ever and the first to make it to Broadway. It is a musical biography/tribute to the late great Peter Allen. Peter Allen was born in the outback Australian town of Tenterfield in 1944. He made his entertainment debut at the age of 5 impersonating Al Jolson.
A documentary titled The Boy from Oz about Allen was produced after his death, featuring clips from his performances as well as interviews with performers who worked with him. A stage musical based on his life, also titled The Boy from Oz, opened in Australia in 1998.
On a March evening in 1998, six years after the death of Australian entertainer Peter Allen, The Boy from Oz opened at her Majesty’s Theatre in Sydney. Starring Todd McKenney as Peter and Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett as Judy Garland, it became one of the most loved musicals of the last two decades, and not only in Australia.
