The Drowsey Chaperone

[Broadway Baby4]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 9:14pm

Hi everyone. I am thinking about going to see the Drowsey Chaperone. But I need your help.

First of all, what exactly is it about?
Second, how did you like it and how is the music?
Third, is it appropriate to see with my grandmother?

Please help. Thanks!

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 9:17pm

1. It's about a man (a Broadway fan) who loves a musical called The Drowsy Chaperone. He loves it so much that he shares it with us.

2. I LOVED it! It's very funny and the Man in the Chair reminds me of...me. ; one of the best. The music was cute.

3. It's definitely appropriate for your grandmother.

Hope that helped!

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 9:20pm

1) What Gav Said

2) I really thought I'd like it because I do love the music but it just didn't end up being my cup of tea. But, don't get me wrong- it wasn't bad!

3) Yes, it is appropriate to see it with your grandmother. I took my 86 year old grandmother and she enjoyed it.

[Broadway Baby4]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 9:39pm

thanks guys! :)

[ashley0139]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:10pm

I definitely recommend it. And you come out of the show singing the songs, which is always a good sign.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:30pm

Granmum will love it.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:31pm

I thought the show was called THE SOGGY CASSEROLE. Isn't it?

[jv92]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:33pm

It's nostalgic and has a wonderful score of effective pastiche dittes. Your Grandma will love the show. It's also quite modern and comments on the current theater of today and how a show is no longer "just plain fun." You and your grandma will both love it!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:36pm

Maybe it's called THE DRIPPY XYLOPHONE. Right?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:36pm

No. Wait a minute. It's THE HAIRY BARITONE.

Updated On: 9/9/06 at 10:36 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:37pm

Sorry. It's really THE SCARY MONOTONE. That's it.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:39pm

Nope. It's THE BORROWED CHIFFAROBE. For sure, that's it.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:40pm

Beg pardon! I was just told it's THE DRAGGING METRONOME.

I should have known better.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:44pm

Naw. It's THE AGING HOMOPHOBE.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:49pm

THE DREADED VIBRAPHONE.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:49pm

The annoying Dollypop

[mrs felciano]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:51pm

It depends on your Gram. The older woman next to me kept falling asleep and saying "This is torture."

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:51pm

THE DINKY CAMERA PHONE

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:52pm

Dp- didn't school start yet?

Those kids need lots of help!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:54pm

THE STINKY TELEPHONE

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/9/06 at 10:57pm

The older woman sitting beside mrs feliciano was Corine2.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 9/10/06 at 4:33am

To answer your question CORRECTLY...

The intermission-less show is simply about a Broadway musical from the 1920's that comes alive in the apartment of a man ('The Man in the Chair') as he talks about the show to the audience while playing the Original Cast Recording to them. He interrupts moments with hilarious anecdotes about the actors who are performing in this fictitious musical.

The show is simply genius in it's execution and Bob Martin, The Man in the Chair, is the show itself. No need to go further on Beth Leavel's hilarious (and Tony Award winning) Drowsy Chaperone character or the rest of the sensational cast. Because of his interruptions, etc., you don't feel the 90 minutes at all. It breezes by quickly.

The music is all 20's pastiche, which is fun and quite memorable.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 9/10/06 at 7:41am

i highly reccomend this show! as others have said, its basically about a man who loves this 1920's musical called THE DOROWSY CHAPERONE. It comes to life in his apartment, and its absolutely HILARIOUS! my mom absolutely loved it, as did the rest of my family. The cast is exceptional, especially Sutton Foster, Danny Burnstein, Beth Leavel, and of course, Bob Martin.
So yeah, go see it, i know you'll love it!
:)
basically what everyone else said...

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/10/06 at 10:14am

i love it!

& because of the show-with-a-show aspect, it works on many levels...some people can leave the theater feeling that they just saw a rollicking fun song-&-dance show;

others can feel they saw a bittersweet love letter to musical theater

...& some can see it as a sad & frighteningly close-to-home story about an emotionally dysfunctional agorphobic man who cant deal with the real world so he retreats into his fantasy musical!

[Broadwaylady]

Posted: 9/10/06 at 10:56am

Thoughly agree with n69n. It was a great show. My favorite character was Danny Burnstein. I like the fact that there was no intermission. The show flowed better.