Broadway On This Day: January 19th
…ovingly mocked in the well-known musical, The Boyfriend, for its sing-song quality with big, showy dance numbers. THE PLOT Charles Winninger The show was based on a play from 1919 called My Lady Friends. The show’s leading man, Jimmy Smith (originally played by Charles Winninger), is a married bible publisher living in New Jersey. Jimmy, unhappy in his marriage, secretly sends money to three different women living in different cities around the co…