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The Drowsy Chaperone
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SHOW INFORMATION

Average of 4.5 stars from 122 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 1, 2006
Closed Dec 30, 2007
Running Time:
1hr. 50min.
(includes 1 intermission)

Visit the The Drowsy Chaperone website:
http://www.drowsychaperone.com

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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:



Marquis Theatre
1535 Broadway
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

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.

Yes, I know. Here we have yet another musical about musicals, enterprises so numerous we now have words for them: "metamusicals" and "self-refer[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on May 2, 2006

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