

The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. The Drowsy Chaperone, the fizzy Broadway musical comedy that boasted the Best Score on Broadway in 2006, according to the Tony Awards, hits its 500th performance July 12. Because of its many featured roles and all the signature Broadway Junior resources, The Drowsy Chaperone JR. record: the cast recording of the fictitious 1928 musical. "We know the exceptional work of book writers Bob Martin and Don McKellar and composers and lyricists Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison will resonate with young performers everywhere. “We are thrilled that The Drowsy Chaperone is getting the Broadway Junior treatment," says MTI President and CEO Drew Cohen. With 13 nods, the work was one of the most Tony-nominated productions that year, ultimately winning five, including Book, Score, and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Beth Leavel (in the title role). The Tony-nominated musical has been adapted for young performers. The musical premiered in 1998 in a Canadian production, opening on Broadway in 2006. Now Available From Music Theatre International. As the man explains every twist and turn in the campy story of a wedding and its wild bunch of attendees, the musical and its songs come to life around him. The work is a love letter to the musicals of yesteryear, with Broadway superfan Man in Chair walking audiences through the cast recording (on LP, of course) of a fictional musical titled, you guessed it, The Drowsy Chaperone. The 60-minute adaptation, created specifically for performers aged 18 and younger, is based on the 2006 Tony-nominated musical with a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and a score by Greg Morrison and Lisa Lambert. Music Theatre International has made The Drowsy Chaperone JR. Own a piece of the show A Perfect Gift for any NC Theatre Fan or Actor or Crew Member The Playbill Art from North Centrals production of THE DROWSY.
