MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Sep 30, 1954
Closing Date
Nov 26, 1955
Performances
485
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Royale Theatre
(Sep 30, 1954 - Nov 26, 1955)
Description
A musical in three acts
Setting
1926. Nice, France.
Media
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Theatre Owned / Operated by Magoro Operating Corporation
Produced by Feuer & Martin; Associate Producer: Monty Shaff and Arthur Lewis
Book by Sandy Wilson; Music by Sandy Wilson; Lyrics by Sandy Wilson; Music orchestrated by Ted Royal and Charles L. Cooke; Musical Director: Anton Coppola
Directed by Cy Feuer; Choreographed by John Heawood
Scenic Design by Reginald Woolley; Costume Design by Reginald Woolley; Supervising Scenic Designer: Feder; Supervising Lighting Designer: Feder; Supervising Costume Designer: Robert Mackintosh; Hair Design by Ron De Mann
Company Manager: Michael Goldreyer
Production Stage Manager: Ira Bernstein; Stage Manager: Charles Pratt, Jr.; Assistant Stage Mgr: Marge Ellis
Conducted by Paul McGrane; Music Contractor: Louis Topper
General Press Representative: Karl Bernstein; Casting: Ira Bernstein; Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and Robert Ganshaw; Dance Captain: Merritt Thompson
Julie Andrews
Broadway / American debut
Polly
Sep 30, 1954 - Sep 1955
John Hewer
Tony
Jimmy Alex
Phillipe
Ruth Altman
Madame Dubonnet
Eric Berry
Percival Browne
Mickey Calin
Guest
Stella Claire
Fay
 
Lolita
Lyn Connorty
Susanne
Douglas Deane
Gendarme
Marge Ellis
Guest
Paulette Girard
Hortense
Geoffrey Hibbert
Lord Brockhurst
Dilys Lay
Dulcie
Vincent Lynne
Charles
Moyna MacGill
Lady Brockhurst
Phoebe Mackay
Guest
Berkley Marsh
Monica
Millicent Martin
Nancy
Joe Milan
Marcel
 
Pepe
Jerry Newby
Pierre
Lyn Robert
Waiter
Bob Scheerer
Bobby Van Husen
Buddy Schwab
Alphonse
Ann Wakefield
Maisie
Understudies: Leonard Ceeley (Percival Browne), Lyn Connorty (Nancy), Douglas Deane (Tony), Marge Ellis (Hortense), Rose Ingraham (Madame Dubonnet), Vincent Lynne (Pierre), Phoebe Mackay (Lady Brockhurst), Berkley Marsh (Nancy), Millicent Martin (Maisie, Dulcie, Fay, Lolita), Jerry Newby (Bobby Van Husen), John Perri (Alphonse), Deborah Remsen (Polly) and Buddy Schwab (Marcel, Pepe)

Royale Theatre (Sep 30, 1954 - Nov 26, 1955)

Directed by Vida Hope
Stage Manager: Herman Magidson; Production Stage Manager: David Kanter

Cast

Jo Ann Bayless
Broadway debut
Polly
Sep 1955 - Nov 26, 1955
Berkley Marsh
Nancy
John Perri
Phillipe
Understudies: Jimmy Alex (Pierre), Mickey Calin (Alphonse), Helen Clayton (Polly) and George Hall (Lord Brockhurst)
music by Sandy Wilson; lyrics by Sandy Wilson
Act 1
Sung By
Perfect Young Ladies
Hortense, Nancy, Maisie, Fay and Dulcie
The Boy Friend
Polly, Maisie, Dulcie, Fay, Nancy, Marcel, Pierre and Alphonse
Won't You Charleston with Me?
Maisie and Bobby Van Husen
Fancy Forgetting
Madame Dubonnet and Percival Browne
I Could Be Happy with You
Polly and Tony
The Boy Friend (Finale Reprise)
Act 2
Sung By
Sur La Plage
Maisie, Bobby Van Husen, Fay, Marcel, Dulcie, Alphonse, Nancy, Pierre, Monica and Phillipe
A Room in Bloomsburry
Polly and Tony
You Don't Want to Play with Me Blues
Madame Dubonnet, Percival Browne, Fay, Dulcie, Nancy and Monica
Safety in Numbers
Maisie, Bobby Van Husen, Marcel, Pierre and Alphonse
Finale
Entire Company
Act 3
Sung By
Riviera
Maisie, Bobby Van Husen, Fay, Marcel, Dulcie, Alphonse, Nancy, Pierre, Monica and Phillipe
It's Never Too Late to Fall in Love
Lord Brockhurst and Dulcie
Carnival Tango
Danced by Pepe and Lolita
Poor Little Pierrette
Madame Dubonnet and Polly
Finale
Entire Company

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1955 Recipient
Julie Andrews
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