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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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