| Coined by the French as comedie de boulevard (or a comedy of the street), it generally translates as “light comedy.” With the invention of the sitcom in the 1950s, one-set plays were basically free to anyone with a television. It has been many decades since something like 1943’s The Voice of the Turtle, by John Van Druten, a classic example of this genre, could run on Broadway for close to four years. Nice to see a boulevard comedy back on the boards. |
