The Boy From Oz musical is coming to Melbourne, with a West Footscray local one of the stars bringing life to the production.
The musical is a true story about Peter Allen, one of Australia’s most beloved entertainers.
The musical follows his career and life with Judy Garland and Liza Minelli through bars, clubs, and concerts all across the world.
Tara Lichtenstein lives in West Footscray, and has quite the musical theatre background in the US.
She said she is looking forward to her first Australian production, after only moving to Melbourne this past summer.
“I’ve been sick recently, so I’ve actually just jumped back in this week. But from three weeks ago, it’s looking great,” she said.
“Everyone is really invested, and the show is just lot’s of fun with all of the songs and the dances are awesome to see. Everyone is so talented, I’m honestly blown away.
“I’m American, but I live in Norway and I came to Melbourne for a working holiday. Because I’m not fluent in Norwegian, it’s been hard to find English speaking performance opportunities there, especially singing and musical theatre.
“When I got to Melbourne, I knew I had to take advantage of all of the musical theatre opportunities because performing and singing and making beautiful music makes my heart sing… the bottom line is, I’m extremely excited to be a part of this production.”
Another local from Melbourne’s west in the production is Hoppers Crossing’s Maureen Andrew.
A musical theatre legend who was in the original The Boy from Oz with Hugh Jackman, and now plays Peter Allen’s mother, Ms Andrew has over 50 years of industry experience as an actor, singer, dancer, producer, and director.
The show will play from July 6 to July 21 at the National Theatre Melbourne in St Kilda.
Tickets: shorturl.at/9AJai
Gerald Lynch
