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Enter Tony, a kind, romantic, handsome -- messenger boy! It is love at first sight for the darling duo, and Polly, pretending to be Madame Dubonnet’s secretary, enjoys for the first time a romance of equals. Confusion arises when Polly’s father, Percival Browne, arrives in Nice, only to discover in Madame Dubonnet a former flame, and rich ...
Dec 4, 2019 · The Boy Friend review – an exuberant jaunt to the Riviera. T ime has been good to Sandy Wilson ’s 1953 musical. Although set in the 1920s, it seems to exist, like the work of PG Wodehouse, in ...
The Boy Friend. (musical) The Boy Friend (sometimes misrepresented The Boyfriend) is a musical by Sandy Wilson. Its original 1954 London production ran for 2,078 performances, briefly making it the third-longest running musical in West End or Broadway history (after Chu Chin Chow and Oklahoma!) until they were all surpassed by Salad Days.
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I was lucky enough, thirty five years ago, to see a revival of the original musical THE BOY FRIEND at a nice little theater in upper Manhattan called THE EQUITY LIBRARY THEATER. It was on West 105th Street, near Riverside Drive, and was very good at putting on revivals of musicals.
The Boy Friend tells the story of Polly, a wealthy heiress, who disguises her true identity to experience life as an ordinary girl. As romance blossoms between Polly and a messenger boy named Tony, the musical unfolds with misunderstandings, humor, and a delightful exploration of young love. The Boy Friend is a spoof of 1920s musical styles ...
Synopsis. Madame Dubonnet's finishing school, near Nice, could exist only in musical comedy. The charming young pupils burst into song at the least provocation, and forbidden boy friends are forever popping through the french windows to make up the numbers. Polly Browne is too rich to be allowed a boy friend. Tony, for whom she falls, turns out ...
The Jazz Age lives on in Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend, a light romantic spoof of 1920s musical comedy. Written in the fifties as "a new musical of the twenties," this is still considered the most successful and witty of the send-up musicals. Set against the backdrop of the French Riviera, this romantic spoof of 1920s musical comedies tells the ...
