FROM Australia to Broadway and back again, the hit musical The Boy From Oz will call the stage of the Civic Theatre home in August.
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The story of Peter Allen's life told through his catalogue of songs originally starred dancer Todd McKenney, followed by Hollywood heart-throb Hugh Jackman and now Newcastle-raised performer Grant Drury-Green.
"Each of us will obviously bring something new and different to the role," Drury-Green said.
"Todd has a strong dancing background, Hugh is a massive star and I have a bit more of a singing background."
Drury-Green, who cut his teeth with the Young People's Theatre group, is on a comeback from a long break from the stage.
"I hope I can capture the essence of a man who the world saw as a big brash star who was actually a very sensitive man," he said.
"I am trying to capture the character without being a caricature."
The show, directed by Julie Black, opens at the Civic Theatre on August 4 and runs until August 14.
