The Boyfriend 1954 Original Broadway Cast Recording
The Boyfriend 1984 London Cast Recording
The Boyfriend 1954 London Cast Recording |
Britain, the 1920's, Madame Dubonnet's Finishing School. The girls are getting ready for a very important dance. Polly has a date that no one has met, and the girls think that Polly has made him up.
Audition Preparation Suggestions for
The Boyfriend
While the music is fairly easy to learn and sing, there is a ridiculous amount of dancing in this show. All performers hoping for a role will need to have dance experience. |
- Polly Browne (legit soprano)
- demure motherless heiress - worries that boys will only be interested in her money
- Tony Brockhurst (legit Tenor, late teens)
- a "messenger boy" who is actually heir to the Brockhurst fortune
- Maisie (Mezzo/Alto)
- Polly's vivacious classmate, a flirt and a "madcap"
- Bobby Van Husen (Baritone)
- dapper playboy - good-looking, wealthy young American
- Headmistress Mme. Dubonnet (operatic Mezzo)
- intuitive, caring, beautiful
- Percival Browne (High Baritone)
- Polly's father, a pompous older gentleman
- Lord Brockhurst (Baritone)
- a jolly man with a monocle and high blood pressure - no longer attracted to his wife, he chases every woman he sees.
- Lady Brockhurst
- Keeps a tight leash on her husband, with good reason.
- Hortense (Mezzo)
- the snobby, chic French maid
- Dulcie (Alto), Fay, and Nancy
- the girls
- Alphonse, Marcel, and Pierre
- the boyfriends
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- Perfect Young Ladies (Girls)
- The Boy Friend (Polly, Dulcie, Maisie, Fay, & Nancy)
- Won't You Charleston With Me? (Maisie & Bobby)
- Fancy Forgetting (Percival & Mme Dubonnet)
- I Could Be Happy With You (Polly & Tony)
- Sur La Plage (Boys & Girls)
- Room In Bloomsbury, A (Polly & Tony)
- It's Nicer In Nice (Hortense, Boys & Girls)
- You-Don't-Don't-Want-To-Play-With-Me Blues (Mme Dubonnet)
- Safety In Numbers (Maisie & Boys)
- Riviera, The (Company)
- It's Never Too Late To Fall In Love (Dulcie & Lord Brockhurst)
- Never Too Late To Fall In Love Reprise
- Carnival Tango
- Poor Little Pierrette (Mme. Dubonnet)
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