New York : Five time Tony winner, The Drowsy Chaperone plays its final performance today at the Marquis Theater. The production will have played 674 performances since opening on May 1, 2006.
At the time of closing the cast includes Bob Saget as Man in Chair, Cindy Williams as Mrs. Tottendale, 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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