THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
THE TONY AWARD® WINNING HIT MUSICAL
“THE DROWSY CHAPERONE”
WAKES UP ON BROADWAY
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
The five-time Tony Award® winning musical comedy THE DROWSY CHAPERONE wakes up on Broadway and resumes performances on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway).
Comedian Bob Saget (“Full House,” NBC’s “1 vs. 100”), now starring as “Man in Chair,” said:
“I’m so happy the strike is over, ’cause I love doing the Drowsy Chaperone so much… and it was tough keeping all the bars in Times Square afloat single-handedly.”
During the hiatus, the stars of the hit show jumped from the stage to the airwaves on the following nationally syndicated telecasts. Bob Saget was spotted in a helicopter high above Manhattan on NBC’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast, guiding viewers along the parade route on Thursday morning, November 22nd.
Television icon JoAnne Worley visited NBC’s “Today Show” plaza live on Tuesday, November 27th to discuss her return to Broadway, the landmark variety show “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” and her role as president of the charitable organization “Actors and Others for Animals.” Click on the following link to watch online:
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=msnbc&vid=d50d0691-faea-46e0-89cd-13d8219e11b9
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE also stars Peter Bartlett, Tony Award® nominee Danny Burstein, Mara Davi, Troy Britton Johnson, Garth Kravits, Jason Kravits, Tony Award® winner Beth Leavel, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Jennifer Smith, Gerry Vichi, Patrick Wetzel, Jay Douglas, Stacia Fernandez, Linda Gabler, Tripp Hanson, Dale Hensley, Mamie Parris, Kilty Reidy, Matt Wall and Joanna Young.
The most celebrated musical of the 2006 season and the recipient of thirteen major awards, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE received the most Tony Awards® of any musical -five in total, including Best Book and Best Score, seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, four Outer Critic’s Circle Awards including Outstanding Score and the Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical.
The U.S. Tour of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is now playing an engagement at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music through Sunday, December 2nd, 2007. The tour will play over 30 cities across the country including Cincinnati, Birmingham, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, Atlanta, Naples, Orlando, Raleigh, Hartford, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, St. Paul, Boston, Providence, Greenville, Houston, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE began previews April 3, 2006 and opened on Broadway on May 1, 2006 at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway).
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is directed and choreographed by Tony Award® nominee Casey Nicholaw (Spamalot), with music and lyrics by Tony Award® winners Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Tony Award® winners Bob Martin and Don McKellar.
To chase his blues away, a modern day musical theatre addict known simply as “Man in Chair” (Saget) drops the needle on his favorite cast album – the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the uproariously funny musical magically bursts to life on stage. We are instantly immersed in the hilarious tale of a glamorous bride (Davi)and her uproarious wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast (literally) and the audience (metaphorically) soaring into the heavens. Man in Chair’s infectious love of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE speaks to anyone who has ever been transported by the theater.
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is produced by Kevin McCollum, Roy Miller, Boyett Ostar, Stephanie McClelland, Barbara Freitag and Jill Furman.
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE plays Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m. with matinees on Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.