Boy from Oz Question
Boy from Oz Question
#0Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/28/06 at 9:04pmWhen does Peter's lover Greg die in the show? Does he sing "I Honestly Love You" as a spirit or something?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/28/06 at 9:05pmTowards the end. Greg comes in as a ghost, wearing all white, and sings the song. A very cheesy part of a very cheesy show.
#3re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/28/06 at 9:16pmAw- I loved the cheesiness of it! I liked this show...
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#4re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/28/06 at 9:23pmAwww, that part wasn't that cheesey.
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jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#5re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/28/06 at 9:36pm
That was the scene when Peter was feeling despondent ( maybe he started realizing at that point that he was also fatally ill) and Greg comes to comfort him. I think that he was just a figment of Peter's imagination, something that happens when one misses someone a lot and knows he can never see him again.
It was a melodramatic scene - but I loved Jarrod's singing and Hugh's acting!
I wonder how they will incorporate such an intimate scene in the forthcoming arena show in Australia?
Updated On: 3/28/06 at 09:36 PM
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#6re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/28/06 at 10:04pmIn the original Australian Production (from memory) it was just a straight out love song. Nothing beyond-the-grave about it.
#7re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/28/06 at 10:11pmReally liked the show, but not that song!
Keep your morals, I don't have time. Keep your lovers, I'm changing mine!
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#8re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 1:08pm
I never saw the show but I have the CD and I love that song. I think it's really touching.
Isn't it an Olivia Newton John hit or something, though?
#9re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 1:10pmDOn't forget that Judy sings Quiet Please from beyond the grave and they all sing I Go To Rio from beyond the grave.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#10re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 1:23pm
"DOn't forget that Judy sings Quiet Please from beyond the grave and they all sing I Go To Rio from beyond the grave."
Well, not ALL. Liza is still alive...well, biologically anyway.
#11re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:28pm
"Isn't it an Olivia Newton John hit or something, though?"
Yes, it was a hit song for her in the early 70's.
#12re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:31pm
"Well, not ALL. Liza is still alive...well, biologically anyway."
I think that is one of the funniest things I have read on this board - EVER!!!
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
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#13re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:32pmanswer: about 9 or 10 inches....oh wait, wrong question.
Don't f*ck with me fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo.
#14re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:35pm
An awful moment in an awful show - I think Jackman says "yep, he died"
and then they conga!
I literally fell over laughing!!
#15re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:36pmHow this show got a best musical nomination over TABOO or BOMBAY DREAMS, I'll never know.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#16re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:38pm
I have no idea either - I also thought he was a half tone sharp the whole evening.
He sold it like a mother but there's only so many ways to sell crap!
#17re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:40pmI enjoyed Hugh Jackman, but I thought all of the other leading male performances that year were more subtle, deeper, and stronger.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#18re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:51pmMaybe since the house was pretty full each night it wasn't as awful as some of you believe.....
#19re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:54pm
Someone's opinion of a show is valid, whether you chose to agree or not.
And how many examples are there of terrible shows that sell out and are financially successful?
#20re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 3:54pmThe reason it was sold out was because of Hugh Jackman. To believe otherwise is foolish.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#21re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 4:12pm
Nevertheless, sold out....
Isn't that the same with Julia Roberts now?
pat4260
Swing Joined: 3/29/06
#22re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 4:31pmBoy From Oz was a great evening of entertainment
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#24re: Boy from Oz Question
Posted: 3/29/06 at 5:52pm
Peter Allen's performances were never subtle and were always crowd-pleasers( from what I have read) - you couldn't expect Hugh's take on him to be different. If you want to see Hugh in a different light, why not see his old Australian movie ERSKINEVILLE KINGS or maybe his upcoming film THE FOUNTAIN.
The critics, the fans, and the TONY voters loved his performance 
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