Hugh Jackman.............
Hugh Jackman.............
#0Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:12pm
Does anyone other than me think that Hugh Jackman has a wonderful voice?!?!? I honestly think that depending on Hugh's vocal range, he might be able to play The Phantom on Broadway one day (I thought that he should have been the Phantom in the movie)!!! Who knows, just a thought off of the top of my head!
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KB
Featured Actor Joined: 5/11/03
#1re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:14pm
Are there recordings of him singing out there anywhere on the net? I wasn't really impressed with the little snippet on the Tony's but it wasn't quite a rangeful song.
KB
#2re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:17pmactually, I saw him when he was on Saturday Night Live. He did a semi-parody of Phantom, where he was the Phantom. He had the whole get-up and sang as well. Oh, he was good.
#3re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:25pm
I agree that the song he sang at the TONYS was pretty range-less, but you could definitly tell that he has quite a voice. I would enjoy hearing him perform "Music Of The Night", and see what he can really do!
BYE!!!
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------- "We Drink Your Blood And Then We Eat Your Soul, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Let The Bad Times Roll"
-------"Past The Point Of No Return, No Backward Glances, Abandon Thought And Let The Dream Begin"
AndrewClay
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/03
#4re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:34pmHis Oklahoma wasn't recorded - was it?
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#5re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 3:17amYes it was. I have the cast sast recording and he is great. It is also available on video in the u.K.
mother cabrini
Understudy Joined: 6/17/03
#6re: re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 4:29amalso.....get yourself the australian cast recording of "beauty and the beast" he was gaston...there is also heaps of extra dance music in it
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#7re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 4:33am
i have that one too. he3 sounds great, but there is o much more of him on the oklahoma! recording.
once, i heard Hugh tell a great story about how he peed in his pants on stage once during Beauty and the Beast! It was hilarious!
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#8re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 10:27amI think he can also be heard on a CD of Debra Byrne's (Australia's Norma) doing a duet from Sunset Boulevard.
#9re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 10:56amI think he would be great on the Phantom. He maybe should also be Gaston on Broadway. He could actually play a lot of roles!
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#10re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 10:57amI doubt that he would take on a role that has been done previously by another actor in a current production.
#11re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 11:05am
YES! Hugh is fabulous in OKLAHOMA!
You can buy the video on ebay, incidentally. I did, and it was worth every penny. Every fan of the musical theater should get it.
Why waste Hugh on the lousy music in PHANTOM? It's so sad that that show has had such a long run, and that it is such a phenomenon -- when it really just stinks. Don't get me wrong ... I'm glad that it has given so many people in the business actual jobs (including many friends) -- but there are FAR superior shows out there that just don't have the marketing blitz or hype. Tourists flock to see it, because they think they're supposed to love it, when in reality, they're just bored and feel like they have to rave about it because they just shelled out $100 for over-amped noise. (Granted, the design elements are impressive.) When you sit thru a three hour musical that has three songs repeated over and over again it gets a little taxing. It's all spectacle and no substance.
ANYWAY ... back to the man of the hour ... HUGH!
Can't wait for the BOY FROM OZ. And I'm doubly glad that Jarrod Emick is playing his boyfriend. Good casting!
Itty Bitty Geisha?
Toyland?
Gypsy Pasadoble?
Just a few popular favorites...
#12re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 11:13amExcellent casting!!! I can't wait to see Hugha nd Jarrod on stage together.
addition to the serenity prayer:
Help me hide the bodies of the people I had to kill because they pissed me off!!! :-)
badseed
Chorus Member Joined: 5/15/03
#13re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 11:54am
Really, Piglet???? You're excited about seeing Hugh and Jarrod??!!! I NEVER would have guessed!!
#14re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 12:02pmWhy yes indeedy Badseed...I know you will be right there next to me giggling "like a little nina!!"
addition to the serenity prayer:
Help me hide the bodies of the people I had to kill because they pissed me off!!! :-)
badseed
Chorus Member Joined: 5/15/03
#15re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 12:24pm
Ok, Piglet, what's truly scary is that I totally "got" that reference you used!! But then again, that's kinda normal for us, isn't it? LOL! And yes, you know I'm every bit as excited as you for this show. We've both been anxiously awaiting Mr. Emick's return to the boards, but of course...."Whatever Piglet wants, Piglet gets...."
#16re: re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 12:32pmand little man, little Piglet...wants chu!
addition to the serenity prayer:
Help me hide the bodies of the people I had to kill because they pissed me off!!! :-)
badseed
Chorus Member Joined: 5/15/03
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#18re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 1:58pmHugh and Jarrod on a stage and sharing it with John Hill and Tyler Hanes.... God Broadway is a wonderful thing!
#19re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 2:03pm
broadwayguy...
I know who John Hill is (in fact I wish I knew him better!), but who is Tyler Hanes?
Itty Bitty Geisha?
Toyland?
Gypsy Pasadoble?
Just a few popular favorites...
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#20re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/19/03 at 2:15pmTyler Hanes was a swing in the final company of Oklahoma and in Urban Cowboy. Updated On: 6/20/03 at 02:15 PM
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#21re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/20/03 at 3:19amHave you heard the Original Australian Cast CD of Boy From OZ? He isn't on it of course but it gives you a good idea of what you'll be hearing (music wise).
#22re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/20/03 at 6:53am
No! Have not heard that music.
How is it? Is it all Peter Allen's music, or is there an original score intertwined with his stuff?
Any idea how the book is?
Itty Bitty Geisha?
Toyland?
Gypsy Pasadoble?
Just a few popular favorites...
#23re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/20/03 at 7:06am
It's all Peter Allen music...stuff he wrote and stuff he collaborated with others as well.
I have heard that they may be taking out "I Still Call Australia Home" but again...its not definite.
addition to the serenity prayer:
Help me hide the bodies of the people I had to kill because they pissed me off!!! :-)
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#24re: re: re: re: re: Hugh Jackman.............
Posted: 6/20/03 at 7:08amfrom what I have heard, it is still in the show, but it isn't the huge production number seen in Australia.
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