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3 days ago · The premise is that a musical theater buff, identified only as Man in Chair (a brilliant Christian Tuffy), plays a vinyl record of his favorite musical, the fictional 1928 Broadway show, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” as he confides to the audience, whenever he’s in a state of “self-conscious anxiety resulting in nonspecific sadness.”
5 days ago · Broadway’s Historical Theaters in Times Square. Untapped New York. After over a year away, theatre is back where it belongs: in New York City. Broadway has reopened and in celebration,...
Jun 10, 2024 · “The Drowsy Chaperone” is a unique and enthralling story that does not work in a linear way the most musical comedies do. The play’s fluctuation between the story of the lonely Man in Chair, the over-the-top drowsy chaperone story, and the way the two worlds are detached yet interact make for a thrilling, musical theatre experience.
Jul 1, 2024 · Come along on a 14 mile virtual walk up the isle of Manhattan, to explore the 12 squares along Broadway and learn how they got their names.
Jun 21, 2024 · One of the best characters in the show is, no surprise, the Drowsy Chaperone herself. Man in Chair tells us that she was played in the original Broadway show by a scrappy gal named Beatrice Stockwell, who demanded a rousing anthem in every show she was in, whether it was appropriate or not.
Jun 25, 2024 · Notable productions that ran here were the Broadway debut of The Good Country Girl (1950), Hatful of Rain (1955), Whoopi Golderberg (1984) her one-woman show.
5 days ago · The musical comedy parody, opening in 2006 on Broadway, was nominated for 13 Tony Awards, winning five Tonys, including Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical. In “The Drowsy Chaperone,” Man In Chair is a theater buff.
