Drowsy Chaperone in Buffalo

Beth Leavel won the Tony for Best Featured Actress.

Having seen the original cast on broadway, and this tour just a few weeks ago here in connecticut at the bushnell, I must say Nancy Opel didn't come close to nailing the chaperone. As We Stumble Along was nowhere near as thrilling, and she lost a lot of laughs, when I saw the show. I loved Opel in Urinetown, not so much here!:)

Glad you all have been enjoying it! I saw the tour as it came through St. Louis and loved it!

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I saw it in Hartford as well and agree that Nancy Opel was good but not great as the chaperone. The set was just about identical to the Broadway set. The only differences I noticed was that "Love is Always Lovely in the End" was done in front of the curtain instead of having its own set and the exterior backdrop in the end didn't move quite as smoothly as it did on Broadway. I was impressed with the tour.

The set is the same one that they used for the London production, I believe.

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The show in Buffalo was tremendous. The cast was wonderful and Jonathan Crombie was fantastic as the Man in the Chair. Perfection. It is such a wonderful show. The perfect antidote to a snow storm in March. :)

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I agree!

I had been planning on writing up a little review, and this thread presents the perfect opportunity to chime in without all the added effort! HAHA!

I have never sat through a show with such a huge grin on my face throughout the entire performance - EVER! - as I did during this production.

Everything just seemed to click on Wednesday night and we loved it! Crombie rocks and the whole cast was terrific!

What a great production that still looks and feels "fresh"!

LOVED IT!

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I'm happy to hear so many of you are impressed with Crombie's work! It's nice to see him finally working here in the States. He really has been putting on some consistently wonderful performances through the last couple of years.

It is nice too, to hear such positive comments about a Touring Cast. We are going to see it in LA first. Everyone here has got us all anticipating how much fun it will be. We just couldn't wait to see it. Of course, we will probably see it every week it is in San Francisco but I want to see JoAnne in Wicked too, so it will all be so much fun in LA.

The Cast looks like they are having fun working together. I terribly miss MIC's sarcastic wit, the dance number in Cold Feets, Janet's Showing Off, then MIC's funny comments of Janet losing it in the "Bride's Lament", as well as Drowsy's and Aldopho's antics. It will be my first time seeing Ms. Engel too playing Mrs. Tottendale so I expect it to be a rousing experience.

Mr. Crombie spoke of possibly leaving the Tour after San Francisco. If he does, hopefully, he will take on something just as Entertaining in the near future. Nice guy. Full of spirited wit and just enough mischief to keep you laughing. Good qualities in an Actor I think.

I don't think anyone can out do the New York Cast of "Drowsy" but they can come very close to perfection. It sounds like this touring group is pulling out all of the stops to make it tough competition. I am happy to hear, and what I have seen, that the sets, except for being scaled down some, are close enough to what we got in New York. I doubt I will be missing too much as far as that goes.

Thanks for the reviews and I'm so happy everyone is enjoying the show. The Posters are up out here, (finally), and we are getting really excited to see the show once again.