It will mix medleys of work that Jackman has been directly associated with, as well as tributes to classic musicals.
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Hugh Jackman announces his national concert tour Broadway to Oz.
The Australian, greatest recognized for his position of Wolverine within the “X-Men” films, stated “Broadway to Oz” can be an “intimate take a look at my life, the stuff that I love”.
The 46-year-old said it had always been his intention to bring the Broadway show to Australia, saying “the end game for me was being here”.
Deborra-Lee Furness with husband Hugh Jackman. “It’s only happened about twice in our 20 years of marriage has she not fallen asleep in a theatre show or a movie”. The show starts in Melbourne on November 24, touring through Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, before closing in Perth on December. 15. The stage show will tour five cities in Australia. It’s every song that I love from most of the shows I’ve been in like Les Miserables or The Boy From Oz, shows I haven’t been in but wanted to be in or maybe will one day.
The Tony award-winner opened his press conference with a live rendition of one of his signature songs, I Still Call Australia Home, by singer-songwriter Peter Allen, whom he depicted in the stage musical The Boy from Oz.
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“It might seem like a low bar but for Deb that’s about as high a bar as you can get”, Jackman said. Jackman’s star turn as protagonist Jean Valjean in the 2012 film version earned him his first Academy award nomination, which he described as a “real watershed moment” for his career. “I’ll tell you what it’s like being in my shoes in my career – both on screen and off, growing up”.
