Boxing Day

Boxing Day was an off-broadway seemingly science fiction play directed by Marshall Townend and starring Joey Tribbiani and Kate Miller which appears in Season 3 of Friends. The plot of the play is unknown, however it is clear that it is a love story between a woman named Adrienne and a a man named Victor (nicknamed Vic) who may or may not be an alien. The play ran at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in West Village, New York City.
At midnight following the show's premiere, director Marshall Townend brought in a copy of that morning's New York Times which had posted a negative review of the play. Reading it, he got increasingly upset, and when he got to the part about his direction of the production he stopped, tearing at the paper, threw on the ground and angrily proclaimed to the cast and crew, who was present at the theatre, that they've ruined his life and that they are all talentless.
In a negative review of the play posted by The New York Times stated that "Joey Tribbiani gives an uneven performance. But Mr. Tribbiani is not the worst in this production. Kate Miller's awkward-mannered portrayal is laughable." The direction of the production Marshall Townend was also lambasted.
== Ending of the play ==
The ending of the play has Adrienne and Vic hold their hands, standing close to each other, saying their goodbyes. Vic tells Adrienne that what he is about to do is killing him and says that he will never forget her, but that both Adrienne and himself has different things they have to do. Then Vic proclaims that he is going to go on a spaceship. Steam blows down into the room and a metal ladder with blinking lights from the spaceship, supposedly hanging over the house, retracts down into the house. Vic says that he is going to go to "Blargon 7" in search of alternative fuels, and that when he returns, in 200 years from then, Adrienne will be dead, but he will not have aged at all. He then climbs up onto the ladder and asks Adrienne to tell her great-great-granddaughter to look him up, because he is sure he is going to want to meet her. Vic blows a kiss to Adrienne and the ladder retracts up and away with Vic. Then the play ends.
== Appearances ==
* The One With The Tiny T-Shirt (Season 3, episode 19, aired March 27, 1997)
* The One With The Dollhouse (Season 3, episode 20, aired April 10, 1997)
* The One With The Screamer (Season 3, episode 22, aired April 24, 1997)
Category:Friends
Category:Season 3
Category:Joey's Work