Drowsy Chaperone - Won the Lottery and thoughts — Page 2

I actually relate to Man in Chair.

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mallardo, where is your Amy Spanger pic?! You can't cheat on her.

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Yeah, he even asks the audience "Do you find it hard to believe I was married?" Or something to that effect, thus hitting on those who would jump to the conclusion that he is a gay man. He's just effeminate, there are no blatent references saying that he is gay.

It's a fun entertaining show, and I am glad it's still running, it should run just as long as Phantom.

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Edmund...the reference to his marraige is almost tacet admission of his homosexuality.

And notice how he looks more longily at the Groom than the bride, and then hugs him at the end of the show. Come on. You dont have to be Fellini to figure that out.

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Wild Roses, I understand your point, but I think it is fairly naive. No middle-american tourist audience is going to leave that theater weighing the merits of whether this guy was gay or not. The piece wants you to believe he is gay, and just about everyone in that theater with me knew it.

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"Wild Roses, I understand your point, but I think it is fairly naive. No middle-american tourist audience is going to leave that theater weighing the merits of whether this guy was gay or not. The piece wants you to believe he is gay, and just about everyone in that theater with me knew it."

Everybody? Did you poll each and every person as they walked out?

By the way, I have a Women Studies minor, and in many classes we talk about GLBT issues so I am not as naive as you believe I am regarding GLBT representations and media. Not to mention I've done plenty of reading on my own regarding the subject. (In fact, because I have the WS minor, I believe I am more capable than the typical person to be able to pick out stereotypical gender representations in culture, whether it be on Broadway, tv, or in the movies.)

Fenchurch....just curious which performance you saw? Were you there Tuesday or Wednesday of this week?

"JoAnne Worley was astounding, and it's always a pleasure to see Jeanine LaManna on stage"

Fen, I was at the matinee on Wednesday and Janine LaManna's understudy was on (Andrea Chamberlain). It's a little difficult to take your review seriously when you make a statement like this.

I loved Drowsy.. perfect show to take Mom for Mom's day. Saw Grey gardens week before, not near as good for entertainment value.

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Well, that's a shame, because I really enjoyed this woman's performance, even if she wasn't Jeanine LaManna.

And excuse me for not recognizing her. The other other time I saw here I was concentrating on her tail...in Seussical.

Geez, give me a break. My entire review is suspect because I didn't know about an understudy? My review is more about the piece than the actors anyway.

As for Worley playing her and the pearl gag. come on, it's not like the fourth wall isn't already broken. "Oh no! Someone did something silly in this ridiculous show!"
Come on! This show is NOT concerned with that, if there was anywhere that someone could get away with that, it's here.

As for the person who said Drowsy was better entertainment than GG, that's a fair statement, if all you're looking for is to be taken out of yourself for an hour and change, but like I said before in my post I don't really care for escapism, especially in wartime, it's socially irresponsible and shows a lack of character for some. At least some people see it that way. I just think it can get boring, and I would never compare a show with incredibly honest portrayals of the human condition to Drowsy, where none of the characters (including Man in Chair) are believeable.

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I love comedy. Don't get me wrong, but there is witty, interesting, clever comedy and there is banal, escapist comedy that relies on bad stereotypes and cheap gags to illicit laughter. Yes, prat falls and overblown racial stereotypes are funny. Even I laughed at Adolfo's "WHAAAAATT?" but it's fairly easy to make someone laugh that way.

Really good comedy makes you think as well as laugh, and those laughs are always deeper and stay with you longer. It's the difference between a good meal and a snack.

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yes, that is exactly what I'm saying/ There were a few good laughs in Drowsy, but overall I was disappointed with the show as a whole.

Comedy does it's job when it makes you laugh. Good Comedy is something else. Neil Simon writes good clever, well crafted comedies. I would not compare the cheap jokes that Drowsy makes with some of Simon's better works.

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That is so interesting. I felt exactly the opposite of how you felt about the show, but I had never seen it before.

This is why I love this board, two different people can react completely different about the same piece.

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