Boy From Oz Closing Review- Page 2

[MadeofGold]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 11:33pm

And that announcement before the show was classic. My heart would have dropped for a few minutes for sure! :P

I only got to see the Boy from Oz once but I'll never forget Hugh's performance. He'll be so missed.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 11:34pm

Oh it really was a classic, everyone was like "ha. ha. NOT funny." lol

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 11:47pm

I don't usually judge a show by reviews. If I am interested in it, I see it. So I listened to the Original Cast Recording of Boy From Oz and really didn't like it. (I own original Peter Allen recordings and just like them better.) Boy From Oz was still on my list but when it came down to choosing, Caroline or Change won out. When I got to New York, I was having lunch at a restaurant where I could see the BFO marquee. Just seeing that huge picture of Jackman looming over the street made me think "should I have seen this show?" (And I could have gotten a good seat.) Of course I had heard about his performance and now I am really sorry I didn't at least get to see him. Still don't care for the recording, but this was more than theatre. It was an event. Thanks for the review bythesword. It is prbably good that I was not there, I would have been removed from the theatre for stalking Matt Damon!!!

[karlean7]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:08am

"I don't know if I would have lived through Hugh and Matt together "

I know I wouldn't have.

Though I'm not sure I can right now. I'm so very tempted to throw myself out the window for not seeing that lapdance, live.

I demand pictures, or something. Something, to ease the burning jealousy I have towards all who were there.

Not that I'm not happy for you guys, of course!

God. I hope Hugh gets 20 hours of sleep tomorrow, or something.

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:49am

Thanks for the review!!

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:49am

Thanks for the review!!

[IssaMe]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 7:09am

And don't forget when Hugh introduced the woman in the audience who had seen the show over 200 times...and when he introduced Matt's hunky agent (and there was the matter of Matt's girlfriend in the audience).

Lots of very OZ moments.

[Lorelai]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 7:15am

"When Act II came, Hugh said that usually this was when he played with the audience but that tonight he was going to do what he wanted to do. He had them spot light Barbara Walters in the audience and then got her to come up and sit on the stage in this chair and he told her she was going to get a lap dance. Then he said but the problem is that the person who is giving her the lap dance doesn't know it. "


He also did that when I saw the show a couple weeks ago. It was genius....since it was a charity event they auctioned off the lap dance to the highest bidder and 2 women tied for it and i believe the final price was $5000. the person didn't know then either that they would be called up then he introduced who would be giving the lapdance....Barbara Cook. It was hysterical. At the same show, Gary Beach was there and Hugh talked to him a couple times. the best tho was the line described the oscars and said (something like) "all of those people are just like me and you...well, maybe more like me...and gary beach"

it was a great show with a wonderful cast. can't wait to see stephanie and isabel at the flea market!

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 8:56am

When are they going to post the pictures!!!!!!!


(I'm so impatient...)

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 9:06am

Here's one. Sorry it's not better.

[CodeName]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 9:08am

Thanks for the review & picture. Wow, it must have been an amazing show.

[Ilive4nyc]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 9:39am

Thanks so much for the review, I tried walking down the street hoping to get a glimpse of Hugh, but couldn't even...the scene was crazy!

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 12:46pm

Thanks for the pic. I'm now patiently waiting for Broadway.com to get their stinking pictures up.

Come one guys, you got thew Broadway on Broadway up pretty fast...let's go!!

[Plum]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:04pm

There's other pictures on the BFO forum, including some very interesting shots of the lap dances.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 3:45pm

Updated On: 9/13/04 at 03:45 PM

[jo]

Posted: 9/17/04 at 2:22pm

I've just gotten back home from New York and would like to add my two cents worth, if you guys don't mind

Joel Grey was there, too. Sitting next to him was Deborra-Lee Furness, Hugh's beloved, who was cheered by the crowd when she came in. Matt Damon, who came in with his girlfriend, was very gracious while the photos snapped and autographs were signed before the show.

Eventually all that the theatre management could plead for was for the audience not to use flash photography ...It looked like practically all members of the audience were camera-ready -LOL!

Two rows behind me was Barbara Cook - who distributed party confetti and other trimmings for the finale celebration. She was joined by two ladies from Japan who had dozens of long-stem roses for throwing to the stage at the finale. Producers Ben Gannon and Robert Fox were seated a few rows behind us - and Hugh gave them an acknowledgement. He also had the spotlight shone on the top OZ fan, Maeve, who had supported the show and had seen it 210 times or so...and mentioned the full support of the many friends and fans of the show ( especially the members of the official show forum) and how the show had to overcome the not-so-good critical reception.

I was very lucky to have been able to watch the onstage and even some of the offstage proceedings from a very good vantage point since I was seated at Row A -108. And for that I was blessed with having a great front view of this extraordinary last performance, including the Bicoastal with Matt and Barbara. Together with the front rowers, we were gawking at possible celebrities in the audience. We also spotted Nancy Sinatra and Carol Bayer Sager and others who were faintly familiar but whom we weren't sure of. Some Broadway insiders or big-wigs near me were conversing on how this event and the phenomenon of Hugh Jackman have never happened before on Broadway. A new star who had turned around a show that seemed doomed at the start... A show closing that was greeted with so much celebration, well-wishes, and a sense of loss!

The performances themselves were incredible - and each major cast member had something extra to contribute that evening. It seemed everyone in the audience there was a repeat patron of the show and each number was almost drowned by the prolonged applause afterwards, as if people felt sentimental as each number was sung for the last time. One thing which struck me though was when the song ONCE BEFORE I GO was being sung for the last time, it seemed to me that Hugh Jackman went out of his Peter Allen character. Here, at last, Hugh was singing his own goodbye to Broadway! Sob ...

It was an incredible evening - and when I got out of the theatre to help give that stagedoor sendoff to Hugh - many people remarked on how the confetti glitter were stuck on my hair, my face, my dress and even my legs. I think I got the full brunt of that celebratory send-off of the show, confetti-wise . But I did not mind walking on Broadway that early evening with all those glittery stuff on me -- I was proud to have been part of that joyous and exhilarating bitter-sweet event! Updated On: 9/17/04 at 02:22 PM