#peter allen

[unlikeable-female-character]

Ahhhhhh I need it to be July immediately *dances*

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[makingqueerhistory]

I could see the audience wanted to have a good time, so I stopped singing so many sad ballads and switched to a lot of up-tempo things. We didn’t have a drummer so I got the audience to clap and do the beat to keep time. Then I started to get up and dance around to the stomping of their feet. You would look out and see boys holding boys’ hands and girls holding girls’ hands. When you did a ballad, the most unlikely combinations gravitated towards each other.

Peter Allen

[uwmspeccoll]

It's Fine Press Friday!

This week's fine-press highlight is Travels in the Cévennes, written and illustrated by the French-based British artist and illustrator Peter Allen (b. 1948), printed in an edition of 150 copies set in 14-point Cochin on Arches mould-made paper at the Whittington Press in Risbury, Herefordshire, England, in 1998. The illustrations, some with linocut keylines, were pochoir-colored by the artist.

The book is an engaging modern travel diary, recording a journey Allen made in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson, who famously recorded his experiences in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes in 1879. The bright and playful stencil-colored illustrations vividly capture the highlights of the journey. 

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[oldshowbiz]

The Mike Douglas Show (1975) with guest host David Steinberg and guests Peter Allen, Joey Heatherton and Rip Tayor.

[hughrenaissancemanjackman]

When the fandom is suddenly full of teenagers who have no idea what The Boy from Oz is or who Peter Allen is

Do some Youtube searches, please, expand your music knowledge, he wrote and sang some of the best songs

[will-schuester-hate-blog]

I'm so happy that Kurt got to sing Not The Boy Next Door <3 A character who I relate to so much is singing a song that I also relate to in such a strong sense (and it's a song that's just so important to me and has been for a long time.) and it just makes me really happy.

[roysexton]

“Who cares if YOU love it? What matters is if OTHER people love you doing it.” Better Man

“I came out of the womb with jazz hands.” – Robbie Williams It’s a surreal feeling to have a movie theater all to oneself. And yet strangely befitting a beautiful fever dream of a celebrity biopic like Better Man. Of course, it probably doesn’t help that I saw this at lunchtime on a bitterly cold Tuesday in January. Nonetheless, I feel like I’m the only person in America who is a super fan of…

[compulsivewriter]

Midnight thoughts

I am somehow shocked (and infuriated) that when people talk of "Not The Boy Next Door," it's all about Hugh Jackman's "The Boy From Oz" version or the Glee version (they're both OK in their own right) and NOT Peter Allen's original version.

(Just a reminder, "The Boy From Oz" is a jukebox musical about Peter Allen. This original version was released as the second track of Allen's 1983 album of the same title. Go listen, it has such bangers like "Just Another Make-out Song" and the tear-jerker "Once Before I Go."

[citizenscreen]

Judy Garland performing with Peter Allen and Chris Bell “On Broadway Tonight” in 1965.

[judyfashion]

Liza Minnelli and her husband Peter Allen during their honeymoon in Florida, 1967

[citypopdaily]

Sweetest Music by Mariya Takeuchi / 竹内まりや

Album: Miss M Year: 1980 Label: RCA Lyrics: David Lasley Music: Peter Allen

[altaruwusmolboiz]

Boy from Oz brainrot

[makingqueerhistory]

I get up and do things that women normally do. I was out there singing about emotions that women usually sing about in intimate surroundings. If you look at my songs you’ll realize there is no female, no true male.

Peter Allen

[jailpuppy]

We missed you Peter Allen

[qnewsau]

Why go to Rio when you can see The Boy from Oz in Melbourne?

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Why go to Rio when you can see The Boy from Oz in Melbourne?

The biographical musical tribute to the late great Peter Allen The Boy from Oz is coming to Melbourne. Mathew Hadgraft, in the titular role, can’t wait for you to experience what independent musical theatre company Theatrical has in store.

“I really think it’s one of the best Australian musicals that ever there has been and maybe ever will be,” Mathew told us.

“Even though it takes place around the world, there’s something very Australian about the way it’s written.”

Featuring a total of 46 songs, The Boy from Oz jumps throughout the story of Peter Allen’s life like one of his energy-packed concerts.

Although this isn’t the first time Mathew is playing Allen, his own energy and vivaciousness makes him a natural fit for the role.

“Director and choreographer Rhylee Nowell gave me the part because I forgot the words to I Go to Rio in the audition,” Mathew recalled.

“But she said the way I handled it reminded her more of Peter Allen than anyone who sang the songs perfectly. So that’s how I ended up getting the role of the first place.”

Mathew’s natural authenticity onstage is one you can’t emulate. He first played the role in 2010 on a Queensland stage. Over the years, his and Rhylee’s working relationship and friendship continued to grow. They’ve collaborated on other Peter Allen-inspired cabarets as well as a variety of shows around Australia.

But even with all that history and experience, it isn’t something he takes for granted.

“It’s a lot to live up to. I feel like I’ve got a lot of people’s expectations pinned on this. Peter Allen is a very unique performer,” Mathew said.

“And while it’s great having all this support behind me, it’s also terrifying in equal part. Because it turns out that our dancers are young!”

“We were rehearsing the other day. I’m a middle-aged man kind of fumbling through, while all these 20-something experts are just pissing on me from a great height. It can be a bit demoralizing!” Mathew laughed.

“I’m very determined to hold my own. They were born into this dancing stuff. But when they got to hear me sing is when I got to really shine.”

‘The most special thing I’d ever heard’

The Boy from Oz is just one of the crowd-pleasing musicals in the National Theatre’s 2024 season. Mathew Hadgraft joins a cast of 29 talented dancers and ensemble members in bringing the musical to life.

“I’m much older than a lot of people in the cast. I have a completely different perspective on the show. I knew personally the kind of people alive in that era when Peter Allen was popular,” Mathew said.

“The uncle who the family didn’t keep in touch with, who never married and had the Judy Garland or Liza Minelli records.

“I think about those people, and those who we lost, and what it would be like for them, seeing these iconic performances for the very first time, and how special that is.

“When I first heard Liza singing Arthur’s theme, a little bit of wee came out! It was the most special thing I’d ever heard. It hit all these wonderful old gay touch points. That’s exactly the kind of experience I want our audience to feel as well.”

“When you sing a Peter Allen number, I just find it resonates on a different level and audiences love them. You don’t need anything else.

“Luckily, we are blessed with amazing sets as well as dancing and costumes. It’s going to be magnificent.”

The Boy from Oz plays National Theatre (Melbourne) from 6-21 July, 2024. Get your tickets here.

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♫ Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ♫

I’ve played this one before, but it’s been a few years.  For some reason, this kept popping into my head yesterday at odd times, while folding laundry, washing dishes, etc., and I found myself whistling it frequently.  So, what choice do I have but to share the joy? This song originated with a lyric that Peter Allen wrote for a song he was working on with Carole Bayer Sager: “When you get caught…