The Boy from Oz | |
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![]() Original Broadway poster | |
Music | Peter Allen |
Lyrics | Peter Allen |
Book | Nick Enright (Australian musical version) Martin Sherman (Broadway) |
Basis | The Boy from Oz (1996), biography by Stephen MacLean |
Productions | 1998 Sydney 2003 Broadway 2006 Australian arena tour 2013 Lima, PerĂº 2018 Melbourne 2021 Perth |
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. Premiering in Australia in 1998 starring Todd McKenney, a revised version of the musical, written by Martin Sherman, opened on Broadway in 2003, with Hugh Jackman in the title role.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998 the cast recording won the ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.[1]