The scenic design is by David Gallo, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Ken Billington and Brian Monahan and sound design by Acme Sound Partners. The Drowsy Chaperone company includes (in alphabetical order) Danny Burstein (as the Latin lover), Georgia Engel (as the dowager), Sutton Foster (as the bride), Linda Griffin (ensemble), Edward Hibbert (as the butler), Troy Britton Johnson, Eddie Korbich (as the best man), brothers Garth Kravits and Jason Kravits (as actor-brothers who play gangsters), Beth Leavel (as the drowsy chaperone), Kecia Lewis-Evans (as the aviatrix), Bob Martin (as the narrator, known as Man in Chair), Angela Pupello (ensemble), Jennifer Smith (as the ditzy chorine), Joey Sorge (ensemble), Patrick Wetzel (ensemble) and Lenny Wolpe (the producer). The daffy '20s show centers on a grand wedding. With music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, the musical begins with the introduction of a rabid musical theatre fan (Man in Chair) who tells backstage stories and the on-stage plot of the title musical. Commercial producers are standing by to shepherd the show to New York if critics and audiences are encouraging.ĭirected and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw ( Spamalot) the wildly comic work is a spoofy show within a show. ![]() Performances continue at the Ahmanson to Dec. The work comes to life around him on stage, performed by a cast that includes Sutton Foster, Georgia Engel, Beth Leavel and more. 10 at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in what's billed as a pre-Broadway engagement.īob Martin, who co-wrote the show, stars as Man in Chair, who sits in an armchair and plays his favorite obscure cast album - the disc of the forgotten 1928 Gable & Stein show, The Drowsy Chaperone. He goes by the name Man in Chair, and he is the host and guide for The Drowsy Chaperone, the new musical comedy that makes fun of musicals and their conventions.
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