Everything about Me And My Girl totally explained
This article is about the musical. For the sitcom starring Richard O'Sullivan and Tim Brooke-Taylor see Me and My Girl (TV series).
Me and My Girl is a popular
British stage
musical, with book and lyrics by
Douglas Furber and
L. Arthur Rose and music by
Noel Gay.
It was originally performed at the
Victoria Palace Theatre in
London, in 1937, and starred
Lupino Lane. At first attracting little notice, the production gained immediate success after a matinee performance was broadcast live on
BBC radio, following the cancellation of a sporting event.
Me and My Girl went on to run for a phenomenal 1,646 performances. The show stopper, "
The Lambeth Walk", has the distinction of being the only popular song to be the subject of a headline in
The Times. In
October 1938, one of its headlines read, "While dictators rage and statesmen talk, all Europe dances - to The Lambeth Walk."
On
May 1,
1939, a performance was televised from the theatre, one of the first times such a thing was done. In 1940, a film version was filmed entitled,
The Lambeth Walk.
Me and My Girl was revived in 1952, and again in 1984, with a revised script by
Stephen Fry and contributions by Mike Ockrent at the Leicester Haymarket theatre, from where it transferred to London's West End for a successful eight year run at the
Adelphi Theatre, later going on tour throughout Britain. It then transferred to
Broadway at the
Marquis Theatre in 1986 for a long run of 1,420 performances. The production was nominated for 13
Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Original Score, and both
Robert Lindsay and
Maryann Plunkett won Tonys for their performances.
Gillian Gregory won the Tony for Best Choreography.
Mike Ockrent directed the 1984 and Broadway productions and was nominated for a Tony.
A 70th anniversary production of
Me and My Girl began an eight-month British tour on
September 1,
2006. It was directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle with a cast including
Richard Frame (Bill Snibson),
Faye Tozer (Sally Smith),
Sylvester McCoy,
Trevor Bannister and
Dillie Keane.
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