New York : Cindy Williams, most known for playing Shirley in television's Laverne and Shirley is set to make her Broadway debut in The Drowsy Chaperone . The actress will join as Mrs. Tottendale on December 11th. Williams will replace JoAnne Worley who plays her final performance on the 9th.
10/06/2002 - Cindy Williams - 2002 Hollywood Collectors Show - Holiday Inn Hotel - North Hollywood, CA © Scott Alan / Photorazzi
Amoung Williams' many stage, television, and film credits include the national tour of Grease!, American Graffiti , and Eight Simple Rules . She also served as producer for the Father of the Bride films.
She will join a cast that includes Bob Saget as Man in Chair, Mari Davi as Janet Van De Graaff, Gerri Vichi as Feldzieg, Beth Leavel as The Drowsy Chaperone, Troy Britton Johnson as Robert Martin, Jennifer Smith as Kitty, Danny Burstein as Aldolpho, Garth Kravits as Gangster #2, Jason Kravits as Gangster #1, Peter Bartlett as Underling, Patrick Wetzel as George, and Kecia Lewis-Evans as Trix.
The musical features music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, and direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw. The creative team includes scenic design by David Gallo, costume design by Gregg Barnes, and lighting design by Brian Monahan.
In the production, the curtain rises on a present-day musical theatre fanatic eager to tell you about his favorite Broadway musical -- “The Drowsy Chaperone.” He’s the ultimate Everyfan and “Drowsy” is his guilty pleasure.
As he begins listening to the rare cast recording, the show cleverly and magically blooms to life, telling the hilarious tale of a pampered Broadway starlet and her debonair fiance, an overzealous producer, a dizzy chorine, the Latin lover and a couple of bumbling gangsters. Ruses are played. Hi-jinks occur. And the plot spins everyone into musical comedy euphoria.
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