Drowsy recoups!
Drowsy recoups!
Heybeenfood
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/06
#1Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/7/06 at 10:02pm
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/104079.html
Thank God that an original musical can succeed!
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#2re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/7/06 at 10:29pm
Ditto to what HeyBeen said! That is good news for theatergoers, because maybe it will help convince producers to invest in more original musicals.
Congrats to everyone involved with the production!
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sciguy
Stand-by Joined: 12/2/04
#3re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/7/06 at 10:31pm
Great news for a great show!
Hopefully it will encourage more original musicals.
bella cantato
Broadway Star Joined: 3/16/04
#4re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/7/06 at 10:31pmThis is REALLY great news! I am so happy!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#5re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/7/06 at 10:41pm
*Dances around the room with joyful delight*
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Updated On: 12/7/06 at 10:41 PM
#6re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/7/06 at 10:43pmGo Drowsy! This is awesome.
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#8re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/7/06 at 11:06pm
Wonderful news! This has put a smile on my face for the rest of this night! 
I case anyone notices (or cares) the date I joined BWW was the day The Drowsy Chaperone opened. I was there opening might and loved the show so much that I went home and stopped lurking and joined up to express my Drowsy love!
Updated On: 12/7/06 at 11:06 PM
Junior
Stand-by Joined: 4/12/06
#9re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/7/06 at 11:27pm
"Thank God an original musical can succeed"
AMEN! What do you know? There IS hope for Broadway after all!
#10re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/7/06 at 11:47pmi still havent seen this show... i gotta bump it up on my list.
singingbackup
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/06
#11re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 12:09am
I LOVE IT!
Congrats to all the talented folks associated with The Drowsy Chaperone who have brought us all such joy and laughter. A wonderful show that deserves all the success it continues to enjoy.
#12re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 12:09amCongrats to this show! I'm glad to see that an original show can succeed and recoup! :)
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#13re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 12:39am
YAY!! This is *fantastic* news! Enough of the movie to musical adaptations! Original musicals are in! Keep 'em coming! 
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"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)
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#14re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 6:40am
Congragulations, DROWSY!
Keep on stumbling along :)
#15re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 8:48am
i have to say how much this musical is totally "the little musical that could". it really is such a special show and i hope more people run out and see it. hearing that it recouped only means it can be around for awhile longer to spread it's Bride's Lament all over us
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#16re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 9:09am
I'm more impressed by how swiftly it recouped than that it recouped at all. What an accomplishment in this day of needing bombastic, review-proof antics onstage and a million-dollar gross week after week in order to stay open.
Congrats to the cast, crew and ESPECIALLY the creative team of Drowsy for daring to be original.
Is this the first original source musical on Broadway (non-revival) since Urinetown?
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#17re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 10:22amBRAVO! Not only is it a wonderful show, but this couldn't have happened to a nicer group of people. Everyone there is pure gold. CONGRATULATIONS DROWSY!!!
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#18re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 10:31amAmen, Mamie. They're all a bunch of angels. Broadway is lucky to have every one of them. I feel so goofy, but I'm kind of *proud* of them, not that I know them personally. But this show makes me so happy. It makes me teary-eyed to know that an original musical written by complete Broadway newbies can make it and be a success!
"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: 12/8/06 at 10:31 AM
-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)
#19re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 10:51amYAY! WOW! and CONGRATS! So Great! So Fast! So much Fun! A show that whole heartedly deserves all of its great riches! Bravo!!!
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#21re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 5:20pm
>Is this the first original source musical on Broadway (non-revival) since Urinetown?<
There's also been AVENUE Q, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, IN MY LIFE, and while it was first developed as a play, I'd also add 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE to the list. And AVENUE Q, SPELLING BEE and URINETOWN all recouped, so original musicals have fared rather well in this department, of late.
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#22re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/8/06 at 6:04pm
Yay
See mhy production of Urinetown @ John P. Stevens High School in Edison NJ on April 19,20,21... I'm shameless
#23re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/9/06 at 12:17amGood for them. It's nice to hear some new musicals are recouping.
#24re: Drowsy recoups!
Posted: 12/9/06 at 12:30amThis is great news! And so quickly! THAT is astounding!
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