SONG AND DANCE TEAM
JONES & BOYCE
Since 1979, the song-and-dance team Jones & Boyce has appeared in a variety of venues, and is well remembered as the energetic song-and-dance team of the late New England New Vaudeville Revue. Like the old-time troupers they pattern themselves after, Brian and Susan have shared show business experiences galore.
From singing Auld Lang Syne with The Persuasions on live television at midnight for Portland Maine's first first-night celebration, to sharing the stage with Ethel Merman when the Providence Performing Arts Center was re-christened on its fiftieth anniversary, the team has built its act with a classic showbiz approach.
Known for fearless a cappella singing, Brian and Susan collaborate on arrangements to achieve their vocal effects. With humor and timing, they bring to life tunes from the great American songbook, and have sung at a cappella festivals, coffeehouses, vaudeville shows and new year's eve celebrations.
Tap dance skills brought the pair together after college, but they grew to love ballroom and social dance, and continue to follow favorite bands to local clubs and dance halls. In period costume and choreographed routines they have danced in ragtime reviews, traditional jazz concerts, dance festivals, ballrooms and legitimate theater.
Flip Flop and Fly with Jones & Boyce is the team’s full-length entertainment, featuring radio comedy, a cappella singing, virtuosic dancing and a dry wit that makes them family and audience favorites. Vocals include tin-pan-alley and novelty songs, opera, ragtime, an audience sing-along, ukuleles, even a Cuban song in Spanish. Dances include jazz tap, rhythm tap, a dramatic waltz, an exhibition one-step, even a Collegiate Shag.
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“...a kind of Puck and Arial...with a smile and a shoeshine.”
—Michael Bettencourt, TheatreMania
“…consummate stage performers…”
—Dagney Ernest, The Courier-Gazette
“And their tap dancing has that verve, that yen to please, that knock-yr-socks off punch that makes them a hard act to follow.”
—June Vail, Maine Times
“...Susan Boyce and Brian Jones spark and sizzle...”
—Anne Marie Donahue, The Boston Globe
“I don't think it's too much to say that our souls danced last night. You do a wonderful thing for your audiences — you give them true delight and wonder in a cynical and frightening time.”
—Bob Colonna
“We loved how two people with minimal props, music and lighting could hold an audience in the palms of their hands.You two are a joy!”
—Michael and Danette Walsh
“Brian's ability to be simultaneously elegant and wacky is a manifestation of genius that one must see to believe. And the fine actress/singer/dancer Susan Boyce has a comedic gift that will remind you of Lucille Ball or Carol Burnett. They specialize in a kind of theatrical musical comedy that is sharp and virtuosic. It is rarely seen these days because it is so difficult to master and, make no mistake, Jones & Boyce are masters.”
—Bruce McCrae, The Providence Phoenix
“...hoofed by the premier Providence partnership of Jones and Boyce, the dance breaks snap and sizzle...”
—Paul Buxton, East Side Monthly
“The song-and-dance team Jones & Boyce (Brian Jones and Susan Boyce) are the professional dancers in the cast, ever ready to illustrate the lead-and-follow of ballroom dancing.”
—Markland Taylor, Variety
“...a pure delight.”
—Laurence J. Sasso, Jr., The North Providence North Star
“You should have been there.”
—Rudy Cheeks, The NewPaper
