He is a fan of vintage musicals who seems to be suffering from free-floating. The audience is greeted by the narrator, Man in Chair, sitting on a darkened stage.
From the crackle of his hi-fi, the 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. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical comedy gem offering a tribute to the Jazz Age. The Drowsy Chaperone pays tribute to the Jazz-age shows of the 1920s and the power those shows held to transport us into a dazzling fantasy and to lift our spirits in times of sadness. To chase his blues away, a modern day musical theatre addict known simply as ‘Man in Chair’ (Martin) drops the needle on his favorite LP – the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. A musical within a comedy When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious musical farce. Marquis TheatreMusic by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrisonĭance and Incidental Music Arrangements by Glen Kellyĭirected and Choreographed by Casey Nicholaw 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. Photo © Craig Schwartz Original Broadway Production The synopsis from the press release gives a pretty good idea: The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.
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