Synopsis: The Drowsy Chaperone
The curtain rises on a present-day musical theatre fanatic eager
to tell you about his favorite Broadway musical -- "The Drowsy Chaperone."
He’s the ultimate Every-fan and “Drowsy” is his guilty pleasure.
As he begins listening to the rare cast recording, the show
cleverly and magically blooms to life, telling the hilarious tale of a
pampered Broadway starlet and her debonair fiancé, an overzealous producer,
a dizzy chorine, the Latin lover and a couple of bumbling gangsters.
Ruses are played. Hi-jinks occur. And the plot spins everyone into musical
comedy euphoria.
"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 theatre."