Well, the “Boy from Oz” plays his last show here in Toronto before moving on *sigh*.
Hugh was an absolute treat to watch – he was funny, handsome, dancing, singing and talking to the audience as if we were at a house party and he was the host. All of this wrapped up in a package of niceness *sigh*.
Sorry, can’t help it – it’s just nice to know that there are men like that who exist. One Toronto news reporter actually said “it’s almost illegal to be a man like Hugh – talented and a nice guy too!”
The only problem was the lack of opportunity to get a picture. Being a theatre production, no pictures are allowed during the performance (which makes sense). But Hugh didn’t give the audience a chance to take any pics at the end of his performance. I was actually quite surprised.
But the show was phenomenal. Singing classic hits like “Singing in the Rain”, to “Copacabana”, to a couple of hits from his “Boy from Oz” (Hugh won a Tony or Oscar for his role, I can’t remember), he just mesmerized the audience. It was 2 hour show with no intermission, but honestly, I didn’t notice the time go by at all. The show was money well spent.
Will he do it again? I hope so! The only reason he managed a stage show was his sequel to Wolverine (yes, a sequel!) was put on hold, then the disaster in Japan, where it was to be filmed, happened. So Hugh had 3 months free, and voila! A stage show was born.
Congratulations Hugh on such a wonderful performance and man, I hope you come back to Toronto one day!!