'Boeing-Boeing' ready for flight at Old Globe
Diana Saenger
Mar 11, 2010

Theater patrons can travel back to the days of classic romantic comedy with the Old Globe's Tony Award-winning farce, "Boeing-Boeing." The hilarious charade involves Bernard (Rob Breckenridge), an airline pilot who has his life planned so well that he's engaged to three women. Will he need a parachute to face his final leap into thin air? Find out when "Boeing-Boeing" runs March 13-April 18 in the Globe Theatre.

The original 1960s farce, written in French by Marc Camoletti, made a 1962 London premiere. While the New York production ran for only days, the London production ran for seven years. Mark Schneider, director of "Boeing-Boeing" and who was the associate director on Matthew Warchus' Tony Award-winning revival of "Boeing-Boeing" and directed its 2008 UK tour, thinks the Globe patrons will find the show highly amusing.

"It's the story of the Tortoise and the Hare," Schneider said. "Bernard is a Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, Ralph Kramden-type guy who has a can't-miss scheme, but the audience is ahead of him. He believes he can remain engaged to three women with no problem, but nature intercedes. Schedules change, and the girls show up at different times than expected."

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