The direction by Casey Nicholow is professional but predictable. The title of the show�s major anthem, ï¿❚s We Stumble Along,� seems particularly apt. The music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison are neither memorable nor especially witty. This is not what makes Tony Best Musical material or a positive commentary on the future of this American art form. My impression on the night I saw it was that the audience at The Drowsy Chaperone was just bathing in the familiarity of it all.
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Such subjects may be entertaining for folks who have never seen revivals of the numerous old shows that have been semi-staged at the City Center�s Encores series or fully-staged at nearby theaters like the Paper Mill Playhouse or Goodspeed. What is new (?) about The Drowsy Chaperone is that it is a send-up of the conventions of musicals of 80 years ago, with a few current issues (like the scourge of cell phones) thrown in for good measure. The annual productions of Forbidden Broadway have been doing it brilliantly for years. Send-ups of musical conventions like this show are not unknown to New York audiences. The consensus of critics seems to be that The Drowsy Chaperone, the fluffy new musical which recently opened at the Marquis Theater, is major competition for the current (and my) fave, Jersey Boys, for this year�s Tony award for Best New Musical. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the musical magically bursts to life on stage, telling the tale of a pampered Broadway starlet who wants to give up show business to get married, her producer who sets out to sabotage the nuptials, her chaperone, the debonair groom, the dizzy chorine, the Latin lover and a pair of gangsters who double as pastry chefs. Synopsis: To chase his blues away, a modern day musical theatre addict known simply as 'Man in Chair' (Martin) drops the needle on his favorite LP � the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. Music & Lyrics by: Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison Book by: Bob Martin & Don McKellar Directed by: Casey Nicholaw Cast: Danny Burstein, Georgia Engel, Sutton Foster, Edward Hibbert, Troy Britton Johnson, Eddie Korbich, Garth Kravits, Jason Kravits, Beth Leavel, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Bob Martin, Jennifer Smith, Lenny Wolpe, Linda Griffin, Angela Pupello, Joey Sorge and Patrick Wetzel.
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