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John Barrowman dancing on ice - Radio Times, January 2005 |
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Torchwood star John Barrowman adds another string to his bow…
"To Doctor Who fans, John Barrowman is now immortalised
as the lecherous action-hero Captain Jack. But before he
entered another dimension, his main claim to fame was as a
Broadway and West End musical star. Back in 1989, aged 22,
he won the lead male role for Anything Goes, opposite Elaine
Paige, and went on to star in Miss Saigon, Phantom of the
Opera, Evita and Sunset Boulevard. More recently he's sung
Springtime for Hitler in the new film version of The Producers.
Which is why, along with Ruthie Henshall and Mica Paris,
he's co-hosting BBC1's The Sound of Musicals, in which stage
stars perform classic show-tunes. "It's not just singing
songs," says Barrowman, who was born in Glasgow but
raised in the USA from the age of eight. "There are
backstage interviews, rehearsals, guest stars, comedy
numbers, dramatic numbers and - one of the most
important things - glamour."
Care to see him ice-dance? The same evening on ITV1
he's among a group of celebrities learning to
pirouette in Dancing on Ice, trained by Torvill and Dean. But
as a dancer, does he have an advantage on ice?
"No! That's like saying, 'If you can walk, you can skate.'
No! Stick blades on your shoes then try to dance on that!"
A couple of weeks ago, in training, he tried lifting his
professional partner, Olga. "I lifted her and fell because
my centre of balance was off, and being the gentleman,
I threw myself under her to catch her. It really hurt."
There's a lot coming up for Barrowman. Not only is he back
in the new Doctor Who series this year, but also Captain Jack
has his own show, Torchwood. "Everyone says it's the X-rated
Doctor Who, but it's not. It's going to be Britain's answer to
The X-Files, with the craft and the humour from This Life."
His career sounds idyllic. Surely something has gone
wrong at some point? "I was in Putting it Together on
Broadway, with Ruthie Henshall. I bent down to lift Ruthie
and I ripped my trousers from front to back. It's on DVD. In
that sequence, you watch, they have duct-taped my ass."
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Now take a look at our full Torchwood guide.
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