World concert tour????????

[roguem]

Hugh Jackman to Play Vegas; Wolfe to Direct

By Andrew Gans
25 Feb 2005

Hugh Jackman

Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman will follow in the footsteps of Peter Allen, the late entertainer he memorably played in Broadway's The Boy From Oz.

Jackman will play Las Vegas, one of Peter Allen's more frequent concert destinations. Jackman will kick off his world concert tour in April when he plays the Wynn Resort. Caroline, or Change's George C. Wolfe will direct the Jackman concert, which will also boast choreography by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Liz Smith also reports that Jackman's show will feature a troupe of dancers.

Hugh Jackman received a Tony Award for his portrayal of the late Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz. He received an Olivier Award nomination for his work in the London revival of Oklahoma! and an MO Award for his performance as Joe Gillis in the Australian production of Sunset Boulevard. Jackman's film credits include "The X-Men," "Someone Like You," "Swordfish," "Kate and Leopold" (Golden Globe nomination) and "Van Helsing."

As previously reported, the Wynn Resort will also host the West Coast premiere of the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q. The Vegas production of Q will be seen in the 1,200-seat ($40 million) theatre within Wynn Las Vegas Resort and Country Club, a new $2.5-billion casino resort set to open in April.

Comments

[tygerx.livejournal.com]

gah!! you mean I stand a chance of seeing him IN THE FLESH??! :O

[roguem.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you lucky!!

Am just hoping world tour will include London, while I'm here that is. :)

*crosses fingers for us both*

Bugger :(

[roguem.livejournal.com]

Vegas Update: Alright, so over the past few days we've had a number of readers write in that they inquired directly with Wynn Las Vegas about the possiblity of Hugh performing there in late April. The responses across the board from the resort is that his performance will, as previously buzzed about, be a private function and tickets will not be available to the public. Now if we hear anything else to the contrary that is more concrete, of course we'll report it, but despite Liz Smith's reporting on Friday - and yesterday - we're playing it safe and sticking this one in the rumor mill again. For now.

Re: Bugger :(

[tygerx.livejournal.com]

what?!! what a TEASE!! how dare they keep him all to themselves.. :

Re: Bugger :(

[roguem.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly! That's just cruel.