What: Summerfly Production: The Lazy Chaperone. 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. Students will also perform a sneak preview of The Drowsy Chaperone at U93’s Roof Sit fundraiser at Martin’s Supermarket, 7321 Heritage Square Dr., Granger, IN on Wednesday, June 22 at 12:30 p.m. The running time of the production is approximately 2 hours, including intermission. Afterwords is a captivating new musical that fuses pop, rock, and modern indie-folk to tell the story of three young women coping with loss. The synopsis from the press release gives a pretty good idea: The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. 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 5 Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Score, the MusicalFare production will rediscover the show’s intimate roots (THE DROWSY CHAPERONE had its world premiere at the Toronto Fringe Festival) in the tradition of previous MusicalFare productions such as AVENUE Q and SPELLING BEE. Description: Winner of five Tony Awards, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. 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. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and.
As a die-hard musical theatre fan plays the record of his favorite musical, the (fictional) 1928 hit THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, the show bursts to life onstage in front of him! He wittily comments on the music, actors, and story of a rambunctious starlet, a panicked producer, a drunken diva, two singing and dancing hit men dressed as chefs, well – I’m sure you get the idea! This completely original musical, not based on a movie, a book, or a cartoon, is full of hummable tunes and overall hilarity. The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. Winner of 5 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.