NEW YORK, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Broadway's production of "The Boy From Oz" has set a new house record for the Imperial Theatre.
With Hugh Jackman starring as the late Australian singer/songwriter Peter Allen, the show had its best week yet with a net gross of $888,023 during Thanksgiving week.
"It's about the life of Peter Allen and it's a huge success in Australia," Jackman told reporters while promoting his film "X-Men 2: United" in Los Angeles last spring. "It's the first Australian musical ever on Broadway, which is the polar opposite of Wolverine, the part I play in 'X-Men.'"
Noting Allen was gay but still wed to legendary entertainer Liza Minnelli, Jackman said: "He was very flamboyant, shall we say? Performer, songwriter, and wickedly funny and irreverent. He had a very complicated sex life; pretty much had everything in there. In the workshop we did for the musical there were probably two straight guys -- me and my boyfriend -- the only straight guys in the cast."
