Defying even the most optimistic of expectations, Avenue Q has dominated the Tony awards, the perfect triumph for a wonderful show that, as I noted back in September, everyone reading this blog should see at least once.

The real revelation from tonight's awards ceremony, however, was the glimpse that television viewers got of Hugh Jackman as Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz. Jackman seemed visibly uncomfortable as host throughout most of the evening, but as soon as he changed into those tight golden pants and began to sing, dance, and gyrate across the stage, it was hard to avoid the unanswerable question: what is this man doing in Van Helsing?