Oh, Boy! (1917), December 2017
Music by Jerome Kern. book & lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse,
Venue: Red Gate Revue Stage, Granville Island.
Music Director by: Diane Speirs
Director: Scott Ashton Swan
Cast: Britt Bailey, Nicholas Bradbury, Charlie Deagon, Scott McGowan, Kat Palmer, Katie Purych, Diane Sandberg, Sean Sonier, Stephen Street.
The story: Befuddled George, elopes with Lou Ellen, the daughter of Judge Carter. He must win over her parents and his Quaker Aunt. His dapper polo champion friend Jim is in love with madcap actress Jackie, but George must hide her while she extricates herself from a scrape with a bumbling constable whom she punched at a party raid. Oh, Boy was the most successful of the "Princess Theatre Musicals", opening in February 1917 and transferring to the Casino Theatre in November 1917 to finish its Broadway run of 463 performances.
Music by Jerome Kern. book & lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse,
Venue: Red Gate Revue Stage, Granville Island.
Music Director by: Diane Speirs
Director: Scott Ashton Swan
Cast: Britt Bailey, Nicholas Bradbury, Charlie Deagon, Scott McGowan, Kat Palmer, Katie Purych, Diane Sandberg, Sean Sonier, Stephen Street.
The story: Befuddled George, elopes with Lou Ellen, the daughter of Judge Carter. He must win over her parents and his Quaker Aunt. His dapper polo champion friend Jim is in love with madcap actress Jackie, but George must hide her while she extricates herself from a scrape with a bumbling constable whom she punched at a party raid. Oh, Boy was the most successful of the "Princess Theatre Musicals", opening in February 1917 and transferring to the Casino Theatre in November 1917 to finish its Broadway run of 463 performances.
