The Boy from Oz is the musical biography and tribute to the late great Peter Allen.
Peter Allen was born in the outback Australian town of Tenterfield in 1944. He made his entertainment debut at the age of 5 impersonating Al Jolson. As a teenager he became a pop star and then toured Asia. There he met Judy Garland who took him to London where he met and become engaged to her daughter Liza Minnelli. In the US Peter enjoyed the highs of success by winning an Oscar, selling out performances in Radio City Music Hall, and receiving adulation when he returned to Australia. There were also plenty of lows … breaking up with his wife, staging a Broadway flop, the death of his partner and his own battle with illness.
The Boy from Oz leaps, as does Peter himself, from past to present and back to past all within the familiar context of one of his energy packed concerts.
Theatrical’s production of The Boy from Oz played at the National Theatre St Kilda from 6 to 21 July 2024.
Peter Allen
Matthew Hadgraft
Trio
Angelina Sevastopoulos
Sylvia Kokkinos
(Liza Minelli u/s)
Tara Lichtenstein
Marion Woolnough
Maureen Andrew
Chris Bell
Jeremy Grigg
Dee Anthony/Wally Bell
Nathan Fernandez
Judy Garland
Saskia Penn
Young Peter Allen
Reuben Koronczyk
Ethan Lockhart
Liza Minnelli
Sarah Monteaux
Greg Connell
Leighton Garwin
Dick Woolnough
Mark Eather
Dance Troupe
Amelia Van Steel, Amy Monaghan, Charlotte Barker, Crystal Stivala, Felipe Ramos Coral, Jennifer Howell, Lilly Bajada, Nathan Fernandez, Saki Oyama, Sarah Naulls, Sarah Perruzza, Scott England, Sherylee Campbell, Stephanie Page, Tony Cassar, Mya Mollica.
Ensemble
Carlos Andres Tovar, Elise Moorhouse (Judy Garland u/s),
Itziar Fernandez Cachemaille, Jane Britt Antolihao,
Jennifer Bonnici, Jeremy Grigg, Jett Archer,
Judith Watkins (Marion Woolnough u/s), Sophia Choy.