Drowsy to close Dec 30th — Page 3

None of Saget's stand up act can make it's way into this material so any claims that his work is a deterrent to people seeing The Drowsy Chaperone is completely erroneous. The show has run out of an audience in New York, as a result it is no longer profitable and is therefore closing. Quite simple.

For what's it's worth, here's my take on Drowsy..

Drowsy is/was a wonderful show...full of heart, clever creativity and simply refreshingly funny, with a surprise around every corner. That's what people loved about it. Narrator/ "Man in Chair" while a principle part of its success, is by no means the sole anchor holding this delightful little keeper in its place.

All the principles were zany, well developed characters that fed off each other throughout the entire fast paced show.

Like Urinetown and Noises Off...DC is the "stuff" Broadway needs to keep creating, in my opinion. People want to laugh and be entertained intelligently and creatively. Drowsy simply ran its course to the end of its lifespan financially and audience wise.

It had a great,long on Broadway...and any theater lovin' person will listen to the buzz it made on Broadway and run to see this while it still tours. I'd highly recomed Drowsy to anyone.

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Updated On: 12/19/07 at 07:39 PM

TKT2Ride- First off, you are dumb for arguing with me when I reported this months ago. Second, this has NOTHING to do with Saget in the show - the show was planning on closing before he was even in the role! He was just in it for a final boost. Face it, Drowsy is not commercial enough to run forever. I am actually surprised it lasted as long as did since it has 0 commercial appeal.


Cry Baby here we come!

I saw it coming, but I'm really going to miss it. Luckily, they have the CD and tour.

PS When is the tour coming to SF?

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I'm glad they recouped. At least we won't hear "flop" associated with it.

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For the record, Neddy isn't completely off.

Drowsy's days were numbered before Saget went into the show, as it was long rumored Cry-Baby would take the Marquis.

And no, it doesn't have much commercial appeal. You forget their initial advertising campaign, and many subsequent campaigns, which were along the lines of "IGNORE THE TITLE!". The radio ads featured Georgia Engel sprouting a variety of titles - Drippy Xylophone, Dippy Chaperone, etc.

DAMMIT SAGET!

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I just cried. No joke. This show completely rekindled my love for theatre.
I did lottery the night before Bob's first night. So, there I was, on the front row, smiling as big as possible. Beth and I swapped glances a few times, and she could obviously tell how magical the whole experience was to me.
Wow... to think that this wonderful show is closing makes me so so so SO frickin sad!

Updated On: 12/19/07 at 08:30 PM

i hear ya muppetmania! I feel like I've just got to go to the stage door and tell Beth how much her performance meant to me

I feel kinda bad for Cinday Williams--did she even get a month out of this?

38% is pretty much a killer though...

Upsetting, but they had a good run. I saw this for the third (and most likely last) time today.

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MAN!! This is soooo breaking my heart...

I've been one of Beth's biggest fans for years now, seen everything she's done in NYC up until she won her Tony and now this happens. The last time I saw her was the day before she won and thanks to life being the way it is, I never got around to seeing her in the show because of my own performance schedule. I am praying I can get a ticket for a week from Friday, it would break my heart if the only show I never saw her do was the one she won her award for! *sigh*

BTW...one of her friends told me that she was contracted thru March so go figure???

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It had a fantastic run considering it was an original run with a basically unknown cast. Best of luck to those involved, and I'll try to get out to see it this weekend.

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