I’ll never forget seeing this show in London with Steve. We had just gotten off of an over night flight and decided we wanted to see a show. We wanted a musical because we were exhausted. Even though we had seen John Barrowman on Broadway in “Putting It Together” with Carol Burnett and another of our British favorites, Ruthie Henshall, on Broadway, we were a little concerned about the Brits doing such an American Musical. We should not have been. We had a wonderful night at the famous Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London seeing him in this great old Cole Porter show in 2004.
John Barrowman was amazing. I remember turning to Steve at intermission and saying, “In another time, he would have been Gene Kelly.” He was truly at home on the stage and it was one of the best nights we have ever had in the theatre.
He may now be best known for “Dr Who” and “Torchwood” on TV, but he also has an amazing list of legit theatre credits-especially in London. He’s one of our favorite performers. And a proudly out gay man who has been with the same partner for 17 years…
Thanks to YouTube, here are a couple of clips. There are many more of him in other performances on YouTube.
Lost in the 21st Century 
I am mad about the boy. He did La Cage In London…I would got to New York in a heartbeat to see his ZaZa ! It would be a HUGE moneymaker!!
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This truly was one of the great nights in the theatre we’ve had–and I’m still amazed we were able to stay so wide awake with our jet-lag!
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