I’m doing a new musical on Broadway, which opens in October called ’The Boy from Oz ’ where I play Peter Allen. For those of you who don’t know, he became first famous in America for marrying Liza Minelli.

Hugh Jackman is promoting his upcoming Broadway role as Australian entertainer Peter Allen in the musical The Boy from Oz. The remark is partly informational—situating the show’s opening and Jackman’s casting—and partly a wry, audience-friendly gloss on Allen’s U.S. notoriety. By noting that Allen “became first famous in America” through marrying Liza Minnelli, Jackman highlights how celebrity can hinge on personal relationships as much as artistic work. The line also sets up the musical’s biographical premise: Allen’s life story is inseparable from public perception, fame-making narratives, and the way American audiences first encountered him.