Goodspeed Musicals welcomes Oscar and Emmy Award-winner Julie Andrews to direct The Boy Friend at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., to be followed by a Goodspeed produced national tour planned for fall 2005 beginning in Wilmington, Delaware.

Having made its Broadway debut in 1954 with Andrews as its star, The Boy Friend is a jazzy spoof of 1920s musical comedies: English heiress falls in love with delivery boy... and he happens to be the son of a wealthy nobleman. In the original staging, Andrews portrayed the role of Polly Browne.