"The Boy Friend" Original 1954 Broadway Cast Recording
Book, music and lyrics by Sandy Wilson, directed by Vida Hope
The Boy Friend opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on September 30, 1954 and closed on November 26, 1955 after 485 performances. Starring was newcomer Julie Andrews in her Broadway debut as Polly, with a cast including John Hewer, Geoffrey Hibbert, Dilys Laye, Bob Scheerer, Anne Wakefield, Millicent Martin, and Moyna MacGill (some of whom had earlier and present connections with The Players' Theatre in London). Andrews received the Theatre World Award.
Andrews was "discovered" by My Fair Lady producers during her appearance in this play, prompting her casting in the lead in that production, and catapulting her to Broadway fame (and beyond) in the following years.
(from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Friend)