Drowsey Chaperone Question

[My Strongest Suit]

Drowsey Chaperone Question#0

Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:09pm

I was just wondering, after hearing the Drowsey Chaperone mentioned so much in a specific thread, what is it about and who will be in it? I've never heard of it before.

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[stage_door76]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#1

Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:12pm

You can do a search on this board, because there have been many discussions on the cast and story over the last few weeks.


Or, click here for some good info...

"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending. The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."

[My Strongest Suit]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#2

Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:14pm

thank you.

LET OTHERS RISE TO TAKE OUR PLACE UNTIL THE EARTH IS FREE!

[QMAN03]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#3

Posted: 2/14/06 at 11:36pm

NO!!!!!! Don't read about the story. It will be much better if you go into it knowing nothing.

[Steve2]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#4

Posted: 2/15/06 at 12:12am

If at all humanly possible, try to know as little about this show as you can. Then be prepared to be surprised and thououghly entertained by this amazing musical.

[YouWantitWhen????]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#5

Posted: 2/15/06 at 12:15am

I could not agree more.

The less you know, the better, and the more you will be surprised by the show.

[My Strongest Suit]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#6

Posted: 2/15/06 at 2:15am

I don't live in NY. I live in California so I probably won't get to see it unless it tours. I just got back from a week-long trip to NYC. I saw about 9 shows. It was great. But that's the extent of my on-Broadway experiences. I've seen numerous tours though, so hopefully DC goes on tour later. is it a new musical?

LET OTHERS RISE TO TAKE OUR PLACE UNTIL THE EARTH IS FREE!

[muscle23ftl]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#7

Posted: 2/15/06 at 2:19am

isn't the show playing in California now? or was recently?

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

[Lavinia]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#8

Posted: 2/15/06 at 3:36am

I think it closed in California in December, but I'm not sure.

That was pure vodka, you poop!

[triplethreat]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#9

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:52am

its just about a man who is listening to his records and puts the record in of "The Drowsy Chaperone" and the stage becomes the mans mind. and the man thinks of the drowsy chaperone and the actors becomes the mans vision in his head. FUNNY SHOW! sutton foster is in it who play millie in thoroughly modern millie and Jo in Little women!

[triplethreat]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#10

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:52am

sorry its really hard to explain but its an amazing show!

[triplethreat]

re: Drowsey Chaperone Question#11

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:52am

sorry its really hard to explain but its an amazing show!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: Drowsy Chaperone Question#12

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:53am

Drowsy. No "E".

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

Updated On: 2/15/06 at 10:53 AM

[best12bars]

re: Drowsy Chaperone Question#13

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:04am

triplethreat---thanks for blurting it out so eloquently. Guess you don't care how other people experience the show. You could have at least put SPOILERS in your post.

Real classy.

For those of you dying to know more about this show, I will tell you that it will lessen the impact of a first viewing if you know much about it. If you'd like to do that to yourselves, then by all means go ahead. I started a SPOILERS thread that brings up all sorts of details, opened wide for discussion. Dig in if you feel you must, but be prepared for "no surprises" then, when you see this show in NYC. And it's a musical filled with innovative, creative surprises. You'd be doing yourselves a disservice, IMO.


Drowsy Chaperone SPOILERS Thread...

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[meagan9848]

re: Drowsy Chaperone Question#14

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:25am

I only know the first sentence of what triplethreat wrote

Will it still be funny?

Idina: Somehow I got myself to the stage, came out at the end of the show, and I had some kind of closure.
Some guy: You looked great!
Idina: Thanks...I WAS SO HIGH! 8/21/05

[best12bars]

re: Drowsy Chaperone Question#15

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:41am

Yes, it will still be funny. I don't mean to imply that the show will be RUINED if you know the basic way its presented. But if you don't, it's that much more surprising.

This isn't a whodunit where if you know who the murderer is in advance, you've killed the show.

There are people on this board who have said that they liked the show better the second time, even though they already knew what was going to happen. To them, I say yes, that maybe true, however, you were also remembering how you felt seeing it cold the first time. That's part of a "second viewing" experience. Plus, you're seeing how others around you are reacting seeing it for the first time. If you never saw it "cold," the experience will likely be lessened initially... but not ruined.

There are many innovations within this show. Obviously in the first 10-20 minutes, you can figure out how the show is going to unfold for the evening. The basic "concept" is already known at that point. But the details and specific innovations of HOW it unfolds is part of the fun of the evening.

As far as "funny," this show is very funny... but there is SO much more to it than that. For die-hard theatre lovers, it's a very emotional experience by the time the show ends. It's deeply personal for those of us who love to sit around and talk passionately about our favorite shows. (Doesn't that pretty much mean EVERYONE who posts on BWW?)

I could say more, but I wouldn't feel good about it here. I left that for the "spoilers" thread.

EDIT: All I knew going in for my first time was that it was a '20s-style musical, it was supposed to be very funny, and everyone was raving about it. That's it. If this is all you know, it's enough. Go in with an open mind, and sit back and enjoy a very unique show.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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Updated On: 2/15/06 at 11:41 AM

[Unknown User]

re: Drowsy Chaperone Question#16

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:56am

It closed Christmas Eve, 2005