This magical piece of meta-theatre and playful, heartfelt parody of the 1920s musical comedy features a chirpy jazz age score by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a lively, clever book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, both of which were Tony winners in 2006. Such are the antics of The Drowsy Chaperone, a fictitious 1928 musical comedy. As the Man in Chair eagerly spins his favorite cast album, a bubbly vintage show appears behind him, exploding with song, dance, and merriment. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the even of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate. Hocking Robert Martin Shawn Morgan George Evan Russell Feldzieg. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Tottendale Carol Jones Underling Jeffrey P. It is left to the eager best man, George, to quite by accident break up the happy pair, when he sends groom Robert Martin out to the garden, blindfolded, and in roller skates. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of the fictitious 1928 musical. Hiring Aldolpho, a Latin lover more vain than virile, to seduce the bride, is unsuccessful, as Janet’s chaperone, a drunken diva, gets herself mistaken for the bride and seduced in Janet’s place. Feldzieg, whose chief investor has sent two gangsters disguised as pastry chefs to make sure he stops the wedding.
Tottenham hosts the wedding of the year, she gets a lot more than a write-up in the society pages: Janet Van de Graaff, glittering starlet of Feldzieg’s Follies, is leaving the stage for love, a turn of events which horrifies the angry and anxious Mr. A musical comedy fan known only as Man in Chair puts on his favorite record, the original cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical called The Drowsy. The Man in Chair, a mousy, agoraphobic Broadway fanatic, seeking to cure his non-specific sadness, listens to a recording of the fictional 1928 musical comedy.
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