Elvis in OZ
Posted by Paul on the EC ListServe:
"Just wanted to let you know that this weekend magic happened at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway during the Saturday evening performance of "The Boy from Oz" while I was there -- Elvis Costello was in the audience and during the opening number of Act 2, Hugh Jackman singled him out and had him come up on stage and at the audience's encouragement, Elvis performed a number while Hugh sashayed (ala Peter Allen) all over the stage. It was sheer magic and entire show stopped cold for about 30 minutes. Since I was sitting in one of the VIP boxes to the left of the stage you could see the other actors standing in the wings just lapping up everything going on onstage. After this whole bit it was virtually impossible to keep going on with the show -- Hugh was freaking-out and the rest of the show went along like gangbusters."
More info:
"According to an entry on a forum on The Boy From Oz site - www.the boyfromoz.com - Elvis attended the show with his mother ` her first time out in 18 years'. The account notes:
'It was AWESOME. Elvis was jamming on the guitar, Hugh dancing like crazy all over the stage and doing the i'm not worthy bow , and then had a polaroid taken with Elvis while he was still playing. Everyone in the audience was standing and cheering , it was great !!' The account tells of more Costello references through the rest of the show.(Update submitted by John Foyle)