The Drowsy Chaperone will show in the Weiss Theater Nov. And speaking of comic genius, Geoffrey Rush (fresh from conquering Broadway himself) will conjure up a dazzling cavalcade of stars, which includes the riveting Robyn Nevin, the shimmering Shane Jacobson, the graceful Grant Piro, the raffish Richard Piper and hoofing Heidi Arena. The cast album of The Drowsy Chaperone is available on Amazon, iTunes, and Apple Music. The Drowsy Chaperone has an incredible cast and right after leaving the theater I immediately got a ticket for the Thursday night premiere.
The overarching conceit that the musical is recreated for us by a Broadway fan as he plays the Original Cast Album is a stroke of comic genius. For the next ninety minutes I sat enraptured by the most wonderfully mocking yet affectionate spoof of early Broadway musicals – a rich layer cake of homage piled on blancmange, with just a sprinkling of wistful insight. ‘On a quiet Monday night in New York a few years ago, I slipped into the first preview of this musical without knowing anything about it. Key Photography: Marcel Aucar, Production Photography: Jeff Busby Purchase a limited edition signed poster from Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone on ebay.īY ARRANGEMENT WITH HAL LEONARD AUSTRALIA, EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL, NY. US Theater director Eric Severson announced the 22-person cast list for the Spring Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. With a star-studded cast, sequin-drenched costumes and dazzling new production numbers, The Drowsy Chaperone is a jazz-hot trip back to the golden age of musicals when stars had charisma, Broadway had romance and Rodgers had Hart.ĭon’t miss this five time Tony Award winning lollapalooza of a show. As he drops the needle on his all-time favourite album, an outrageously funny musical from the 1920s, The Drowsy Chaperone, bursts into life complete with a pampered starlet, gangsters, chorus girls and all manner of mayhem. Man in Chair's infectious love of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE speaks to anyone who has ever been transported by the theater.Geoffrey Rush stars as a die-hard musical theatre fan who invites us into his dreary living room. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the uproariously funny musical magically bursts to life on stage, telling the tale of a pampered Broadway starlet (Sutton Foster) who wants to give up show business to get married, her producer (Lenny Wolpe) who sets out to sabotage the nuptials, her chaperone (Beth Leavel), the debonair groom (Troy Britton Johnson), the dizzy chorine (Jennifer Smith), the Latin lover (Danny Burstein) and a pair of gangsters who double as pastry chefs (Garth and Jason Kravits). To chase his blues away, a modern day musical theatre addict known simply as "Man in Chair" (Bob Martin) drops the needle on his favorite LP the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone.
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The vinyl comes complete with lyrics, full color production photos, and a CD of the vinyl version which includes dialogue not heard on the Drowsy Chaperone Original Cast Recording. Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles - 10 November, 2005 - 24 December, 2005. Just like the album the "Man In Chair" has in THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, we've also pressed limited edition vinyl records featuring songs and dialogue from Drowsy's show-within-the-show. Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison: Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar Directed by Casey Nicholaw. The CD comes with a full color 32 page booklet, which includes lyrics, production photos, and other treasures from Man In Chair's personal theatre memorabilia scrapbook. The Original Broadway Cast Recording of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE includes two bonus tracks: "Message From a Nightingale," (from the Gable & Stein musical The Enchanted Nightingale) and "I Remember Love," a song that was cut from the original production. This trio added to the joy of the dance numbers, made very cheeky monkeys in ‘Bride’s Lament’ and delivered impressively slick set changes. While we're not 100% certain, we believe this is the first ever cast album within a cast album in history maybe. Rounding out the cast was the ensemble composed of Andrew McArthur, Jo Badenhorst and Daniela Clever. THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is a love letter to musical theatre, cast albums and the people who love them.
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