The ensuing plot incorporates mistaken identities, dream sequences, spit takes, a deus ex machina, an unflappable English butler, an absent-minded dowager, a ditzy chorine, a harried best man, and Janet's "Drowsy" (i.e. Disguising herself as a French woman, she tempts Robert into kissing her, and a massive misunderstanding emerges. Meanwhile, Janet is having doubts about her groom. In order to save himself, Feldzieg enlists Aldolpho, a bumbling Latin Lothario, to seduce Janet and spoil her relationship with Robert. Disguised as pastry chefs, these two pun-happy thugs threaten Feldzieg to stop the wedding, in order to ensure Janet's participation in the next production of Feldzieg's Follies. However, Janet is the star of "Feldzieg's Follies", and a lot of money is riding on her name to sell the show and Feldzieg, her producer, is being threatened with bodily harm by two gangsters employed by his chief investor. The plot of the show-within-a-show centers on Janet Van De Graaff, a showgirl who plans to give up her career in order to marry an oil tycoon, Robert Martin. The characters appear in his dingy apartment, and it is transformed into an impressive Broadway set with seashell footlights, sparkling furniture, painted backdrops, and glitzy costumes. As he listens to this rare recording, he is transported into the musical. The Man in Chair, an agoraphobic Broadway fanatic, seeking to cure his "non-specific sadness", listens to a recording of a fictional 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. GANGSTERS: John Mausser and Mark Smeltzer All performances will be at the Riverside Playhouse. The Drowsy Chaperone is an homage to American musicals of the Jazz Age, examining the effect musicals have on the fans who adore them. The infectious songs and wonderful story will make this musical a favorite for many years to come. We are ready to celebrate our 50 th Apple Blossom Musical production in April and May, 2011! The Drowsy Chaperone is a fun musical within a musical. Sponsors: LocalTel, Rodda Paint, & Telford's Chapel of the Valley Hailed by New York Magazine as “The Perfect Broadway Musical,” The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre.April 28-30, May 5-7, 12-14, 19-21 at 7:30 pmĪnd matinee shows on May 8 and 15 at 2:00 pm Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious musical farce. The Department of Music and Theatre Arts presents The Drowsy Chaperone, directed by Prof.
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