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Post by suefb on Oct 17, 2013 10:04:48 GMT -5
Thank you for posting these old links. I had not seen the CBS interview or the Variety review of the Australian show.
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Post by birchie on Oct 17, 2013 11:47:28 GMT -5
So nice to look back at so many memories of TBFO. I have a few playlists devoted to it so it will be fun to revisit them to celebrate the 10 year anniversary. Interesting that the Variety piece talked about bringing the show back to Broadway. Was that seriously considered in 2006?
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Post by JH4HJ on Oct 17, 2013 12:03:19 GMT -5
Ahhh, those were the daze... um, days.   Always making the Ladies smile...  |
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Post by jo on Oct 17, 2013 23:12:32 GMT -5
LOL - I meant to show the 2003 Variety review, but ended up with link to the arena show. I do have practically all the reviews then ( Dire and dismal and terrible in general! Except for the singular praise for the talent and energy of Hugh Jackman!) but it is hard to find the online links anymore. There was one which I wanted so hard to find ( the review by Rex Reed which was quoted in the lobby of the Imperial because it was a true rave- a rarity!) but could not find it.
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Hugh had talked about bringing it back for a limited time, but at the Radio City Music Hall. I think the successful experience with arena shows indicated that there would be appeal for a staging that was a little more oriented towards a concert ( like the arena shows), so it was considered. But it did not happen...
2006 was a busy year for Hugh, film-wise! The following films were shown during that period --
*Happy Feet
*XMen:The Last Stand
*Scoop
*The Fountain
*Flushed Away
*The Prestige
I think three were actually released in November of that year. I can't remember what followed, career-wise, which could have made him decide against the Radio City Music Hall production.
Maybe it was the pre-production for AUSTRALIA ( he was not supposed to be the lead, but Russell Crowe left the production, leading to Hugh taking the role of The Drover) -- which was late 2006, the actual filming which started in March of 2007 and which took something like 7 months-or-so, followed immediately by the filming of XMEN Origins: Wolverine in late 2007 up to June 2008. Then a prolonged sabbatical, until promotions for AUSTRALIA and then the preparation for the 2009 Oscars hosting.
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Post by suefb on Oct 18, 2013 7:36:38 GMT -5
Thanks for the history lesson, Jo. As a latecomer to Hugh fan-dom, I am always trying to piece together and "relive" the earlier parts of his career through old articles and interviews and the recollections of his fans. So I like your happy mistake in posting the Australia show review here since it filled in some gaps for me.  |
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Post by jo on Oct 18, 2013 8:30:28 GMT -5
You're welcome, Suefb  There used to be an official forum for TBFO, which preceded our current forum. Too bad we lost a lot of the archives from that forum - not just reviews but show reports from fans who fell in love with the show. Also, a lot of stagedoor stories with Hugh -- in a sense, he was much more accessible then...although the stagedoor was already fairly crowded. On the closing show, there must have been a thousand of us at that stagedoor to say good bye to Hugh. Btw, the Imperial holds around 1400 seats. Jo |
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Post by Jamie on Oct 18, 2013 8:50:44 GMT -5
LOL - I meant to show the 2003 Variety review, but ended up with link to the arena show. I do have practically all the reviews then ( Dire and dismal and terrible in general! Except for the singular praise for the talent and energy of Hugh Jackman!) but it is hard to find the online links anymore. There was one which I wanted so hard to find ( the review by Rex Reed which was quoted in the lobby of the Imperial because it was a true rave- a rarity!) but could not find it. Sue - Hugh had talked about bringing it back for a limited time, but at the Radio City Music Hall. I think the successful experience with arena shows indicated that there would be appeal for a staging that was a little more oriented towards a concert ( like the arena shows), so it was considered. But it did not happen... 2006 was a busy year for Hugh, film-wise! The following films were shown during that period -- *Happy Feet *XMen:The Last Stand *Scoop *The Fountain *Flushed Away *The Prestige I think three were actually released in November of that year. I can't remember what followed, career-wise, which could have made him decide against the Radio City Music Hall production. Maybe it was the pre-production for AUSTRALIA ( he was not supposed to be the lead, but Russell Crowe left the production, leading to Hugh taking the role of The Drover) -- which was late 2006, the actual filming which started in March of 2007 and which took something like 7 months-or-so, followed immediately by the filming of XMEN Origins: Wolverine in late 2007 up to June 2008. Then a prolonged sabbatical, until promotions for AUSTRALIA and then the preparation for the 2009 Oscars hosting. Is this the review you were looking for? observer.com/2011/11/the-x-factor-that-is-jackman-brings-mutantlike-powers-to-the-otherwise-mediocre-form-of-the-one-man-show/ |
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Post by jo on Oct 18, 2013 9:02:14 GMT -5
Thanks, Jamie -- but that was Rex Reed's review for BACK ON BROADWAY in 2011.
I meant the TBFO review in 2003. If I remember correctly, the Imperial quoted some of his review and plastered them at the lobby of the Imperial.
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Post by jo on Oct 18, 2013 9:20:30 GMT -5
I do have a hard copy of the Reed review in 2003...and starts like this:
It is a fairly long review to type out - LOL!
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Post by jo on Oct 18, 2013 9:38:37 GMT -5
But probably the most thrilling words of praise came from Oscar-winning screenwriter and theatre pundit William Goldman, in his column for Variety that is not even a review of the show. It is an article re "Screen Trade: Standout perfs for a young decade"--
He projects Keira Knightley for female star... but continues --
To me, to put Hugh on par with Brando and Merman, theatrical legends in their most revered roles, is praise indeed! Also, his projection that he might be the star of the decade for movies and theatre - that seems to be coming to fruition now that we are in 2013!
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Post by suefb on Oct 18, 2013 10:13:49 GMT -5
Wonderful comments, thanks. While I'm sad that I did not get to experience TBFO in person, I can't have too many regrets. I have to realize I was living my own life at the time, taking care of two preschoolers. So now here I am, and I can only read these types of descriptions and watch the press reels and listen to the CD over and over and imagine how it was. And of course, as of last Saturday, I've now seen him live, so that is a nice consolation. |
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Post by JH4HJ on Oct 18, 2013 10:57:17 GMT -5
I do have a hard copy of the Reed review in 2003...and starts like this: It is a fairly long review to type out - LOL! Jo (Scroll about halfway down the page to "Loving Hugh Jackman") |
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Post by njr on Oct 19, 2013 17:08:10 GMT -5
Here's some pics I took at the stagedoor:   (love the location of "A Huge Broadway Star!")   Nancy |
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Post by jo on Oct 24, 2013 18:55:11 GMT -5
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Post by mamaleh on Jan 8, 2014 13:01:22 GMT -5
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Post by jo on Jan 9, 2014 5:49:49 GMT -5
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Post by JH4HJ on Jan 9, 2014 12:41:58 GMT -5
TBFO was my first trip back to my Home Town in almost 20 years. I was staying on the next street (46th?) and loved the spectacle of all the photos on the Imperial's back doors each time I walked out of my hotel. I'll miss the "vintage" marquee, but I know times must change and I'm sure the new fangled version will be more energy efficient, etc.
...I don't really care about the technology, I just want to see Hugh's name up in lights again - soon!
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Post by mamaleh on Jan 11, 2014 9:06:58 GMT -5
Happily, judging from a recent photo, I think they're leaving the facade alone---just putting the new electronic piece above it, where the image of Hugh in his white outfit against the red background is in the photo above. Not as bad as I'd feared. http://instagram.com/p/jAepsaHseg # Ellen |
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Post by jo on Jan 11, 2014 9:15:10 GMT -5
If they had to put that TELECHARGE info, I wish they had not added any image with it. Or they could have just left the LES MISERABLES on its own fully occupying the electronic marquee!
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Post by JH4HJ on Mar 28, 2014 12:15:22 GMT -5
Oh, just "because" . . .  |
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Post by mamaleh on Mar 28, 2014 13:42:08 GMT -5
His legs look 10 miles long there, don't they? Ellen |
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Post by foxie on Apr 19, 2014 12:21:30 GMT -5
Just sitting on the deck listening toTBFO. I have to revamp thisorum I don't get any emails!
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Post by ADMIN on Apr 20, 2014 10:49:03 GMT -5
I have to revamp this Forum I don't get any emails! Foxie - I can't offer any assistance when you make such a vague statement. Please go to the Questions, Comments, Suggestions thread, be more specific, and I will try my best to help. |
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