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| Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 07:45 pm EDT 10/11/21 | |
| In reply to: How many stars were made from revivals? - dramedy 12:29 pm EDT 10/11/21 | |
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| Todd McKenney created the role in 1998. The Broadway version with Jackman in 2003 was revised with a different production team. | |
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| re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 08:57 pm EDT 10/11/21 | |
| In reply to: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ - BroadwayTonyJ 07:45 pm EDT 10/11/21 | |
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| But that was its Broadway premiere, so it wasn’t a revival on our shores, *and* Jackman was already a star when he did the show, so it’s not really a great comparison. | |
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| re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 09:43 am EDT 10/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ - Singapore/Fling 08:57 pm EDT 10/11/21 | |
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| Jackman did (sort of) become a star in the London revival of OKLAHOMA!, which is the project that really brought him to attention and led to him getting cast in the first X-MEN movie, which then brought him the kind of wider attention that actually made him a movie star. Had X-MEN not happened, Jackman would still likely have become a top musical theatre leading man after OKLAHOMA! and might still have been able to break into film or television based on that. |
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| re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ | |
| Last Edit: jo 12:03 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
| Posted by: jo 12:01 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ - JereNYC 09:43 am EDT 10/12/21 | |
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| What actually happened was that XMen producer Lauren Shuler Donner ( whose then assistant was Kevin Feige of Marvel Studios now) saw and met Hugh in Oklahoma! in London. He wasn't the studio and the director's first choice but when the original Wolverine leading man ( DScott) was injured filming Mission Impossible 2 and could not meet the filming deadline for XMen, LSDonner suggested that they bring in Hugh Jackman. At that time, filming was already taking place for the past few weeks. Donner will produce all his XMen major movies, including the LOGAN valedictory. Hugh trained in dramatic theatre, not musical theatre... so it is hard to tell if he would stay in the theatre as his longtime career...or pursue film as his first career priority. Of late, post-Wolverine, he has been pursuing drama and dark comedy and some film noir cum thriller, even if the first movie he did after his last XMen movie was The Greatest Showman. Ironically, he earned a Grammy for being the principal soloist in the cast recording ( at least 51% of the sung material). |
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| re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 03:55 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ - jo 12:01 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
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| If his movie career had not happened, or if the X-MEN films had fizzled, I'm pretty sure that Jackman would still have been a sought after leading man on Broadway, in the West End, and on stages in his native Australia. He'd likely have come to New York with OKLAHOMA! and that revival might then have been better received that it ultimately was (Patrick Wilson was fine, but there was a general sense that the production wasn't as good in New York as we'd heard it was in London). Had his performance been as well-received as it was in London, he would not be lacking work on New York stages. I think it's likely that Jackman would have pursued film roles, as many actors probably do, but, without the serendipity of walking into a franchise at the last moment after another actor's injury, it's unlikely that he would have had any easier a road than any other actor whose "bread and butter" is theatre. For example, I see Aaron Tveit on television now and then and he's terrific, but he's not setting the world on fire in TV the way that he does on Broadway. Maybe he just hasn't found the right role (and it's unquestionable that, for Jackman, Wolverine was the right role), but Tveit will be in demand on Broadway for leading roles, especially now that he has a Tony, probably for the next 20 years. |
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| re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ | |
| Posted by: jo 08:37 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ - JereNYC 03:55 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
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| Hugh Jackman is a classic leading man type for movies. Plus he has proven he can handle many genres, especially now that he has retired from his Wolverine role. Drama, dark comedy, thriller, film noir, musicals. He has the looks and the big screen presence to carry a movie. I doubt that he would have remained "undiscovered" for long. His LOGAN director ( who worked with him in LOGAN & Kate&Leopold, two directly opposite genres), James Mangold has described his talent plus "an incredible masculinity" that serves him well when handling leading man roles. His next film recently completed is heavy drama, another film adaptation from recent Oscar winner Froilan Zeller's drama trilogy called The Son. It will pit him against acting heavyweights like recent Oscar winners/nominees Anthony Hopkins, Laura Dern & Vanessa Kirby. On Broadway, I was surprised to read the comments of the late Oscar winner William Goldman about his perception of Hugh Jackman's appeal and talent when he saw him in THE BOY FROM OZ. Goldman said that he saw Brando in Streetcar and Merman in Gypsy, but nothing compared to his reaction when he saw Jackman in Boy From Oz. He must be referring to Hugh's charisma and very strong joy of performing....and triple threat talent. |
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| re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 04:21 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 04:15 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ - JereNYC 03:55 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
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| They had a hard time bringing in the Laurey who was British Equity at the time for that production, and I think American Equity finally allowed her over because she danced her own ballet, which someone deemed an American wasn't available -- (untrue probably, because Susan Watson years earlier in a production had danced her own Dream Ballet). This was a number of years after the whole Sarah Brightman "Phantom of the Opera" saga, where Andrew Llloyd Webber was threatening to cancel the production if she, his wife at the time, who he had written the role for, was denied to perform it in NY. With a whole bunch of American jobs at stake, she was allowed to open the show and perform for, was it, 6 months? But, Hugh Jackman wasn't a name here at the time of "Oklahoma!" other than the buildup he was getting from reviews over in London, so I don't think he necessarily would have been allowed over by American Equity then. Predicting someone's career trajectory in theater is difficult -- as they said the same thing about Faith Prince after she won her Tony. |
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| Sandy Duncan had 2nd lead in revival of "The Boy Friend" | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 07:55 pm EDT 10/11/21 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 07:54 pm EDT 10/11/21 | |
| In reply to: Hugh Jackman starred in the REVIVAL of THE BOY FROM OZ - BroadwayTonyJ 07:45 pm EDT 10/11/21 | |
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| which she stole the reviews from Judy Carne of "Laugh-In" fame, and had a top 10 TV show (until interrupted by her eye surgery) then starred famously as "Peter Pan" and in many tv appearances ("Roots', "The Hogan Family"), etc. Also led to movie leads in "The Million Dollar Duck" and "Star-Spangled Girl" -- ok, not as money-making as Wolverine, but she sure was box-office as Peter Pan and has had a long career. | |
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