The Drowsy Chaperone
Tickets and Information
SHOW INFORMATION
Opened May 1, 2006
Closed Dec 30, 2007
1hr. 50min.
(includes 1 intermission)
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Drowsy Chaperone is a completely original new musical comedy directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Casey Nicholaw (Spamalot), with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar.
To chase his blues away, a modern day musical theatre addict known simply as "Man in Chair" drops the needle on his favorite LP -- the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the uproariously funny musical magically bursts to life on stage, telling the tale of a pampered Broadway starlet who wants to give up show business to get married, her producer who sets out to sabotage the nuptials, her chaperone, the debonair groom, the dizzy chorine, the Latin lover and a pair of gangsters who double as pastry chefs. Man in Chair's infectious love of The Drowsy Chaperone speaks to anyone who has ever been transported by the theater.
Lottery Ticket Policy: Ninety minutes prior to each performance, patrons will be invited to enter a lottery drawing at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway) for a limited number of $25 lottery tickets to that day's performance. Names will be drawn at random one hour prior to curtain. There will be a limit of two tickets per person and tickets may be purchased using cash only. Winners must be present with valid identification at the time of the drawing to purchase their tickets.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
1535 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
This Broadway theater is a part of the adjoining Marriot Marquis Hotel complex. Three old theaters were torn down so this enormous theater could be erected. Inside, you will be treated to a fancy and elegant auditorium with the most comfortable sea [...] Read More
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Just after The Drowsy Chaperone begins, the musical comedy-loving narrator identified in the program as Man in Chair (Bob Martin) plays what is supposedly the original cast recording of a fictional '20s tuner called The Drowsy Chaperone. Instantly, the show materializes in the fellow's high-ceilinged Manhattan apartment with its gated windows. Quick as you can say "Fred and Adele Astaire," David Gallo's ingenious sets partly transform the drab dwelling into what is meant to be the various gilded rooms and frou-frou garden of a Long Island mansion.
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