The Gangsters arrive, angry that Feldzeig has not yet ruined the wedding. Meanwhile, Kitty fails to persuade Feldzeig that he doesn't need Janet anymore because he has her as a replacement. However, this results in a kiss, whereupon Janet gets angry and accuses Robert of having kissed "a strange French Girl on your wedding day!" At her request, he tells this alleged "stranger" how he first fell in love with Janet and they relive the moment together ("Accident Waiting to Happen"). She puts on a bad French accent and he fails to recognize her. Janet encounters Robert, who is roller-skating blind-folded in the garden. The Chaperone quickly accepts his advances ("Adolpho"). After Janet departs to find Robert, Adolpho arrives and mistakes the Chaperone for Janet. Man in Chair explains that this song was written into the show due to the demands of the actress playing the Drowsy Chaperone, who always insisted that a rousing anthem be included in every show in which she performed. This prompts the Chaperone to perform a rousing anthem about alcoholism ("As We Stumble Along"), which is not particularly relevant to the plot.
In her bedroom, Janet shares with her Chaperone her excitement about the upcoming nuptials. He enlists the help of latin lover Adolpho, convincing him to seduce Janet. Feldzeig arrives and attempts to convince her to reconsider the wedding, but she rebuffs him ("Show Off"). Janet is lounging by a pool while fielding questions from reporters. In order to prevent Robert from accidentally seeing the bride before the wedding, he also provides Robert with a blindfold.
George suggests that Robert blow off some steam by roller-skating. Robert and George nervously prepare for the wedding ("Cold Feets"). The Gangsters, who are in the employ of one of Feldzeig's investors, pressure him to sabotage the wedding so that he can retain Janet's services as a performer.
Throughout the show, Man in Chair will continue to comment and explain the action with asides to the audience.įeldzeig is agonizing over the fact that his top meal ticket, Janet, is leaving showbiz to get married. "tipsy") Chaperone (whom we understand is being played by a rather overbearing and potent grand dame of the theater), and Trix (a glamorous aviatrix a la Amelia Earhart). Tottendale and her Underling (a proper butler), dashing bridegroom Robert Martin, harried and bumbling best man George, producer Feldzeig (a thinly disguised homage to legendary Broadway producer Florenz Zeigfeld), ditsy would-be showgirl ingénue Kitty, a pair of Gangsters disguised as the pastry chefs, Latin Lothario Adolpho (a Rudolph Valentino-type), Janet's Drowsy (i.e. We are introduced to a barrage of characters during an introductory opening number ("Fancy Dress"), including Mrs. Tottendale (a wealthy dowager) is the site of an imminent wedding between showgirl Janet Van De Graff to oil tycoon Robert Martin.
#Drowsy chaperone cast full#
No sooner has the needle touched the record than we, together with the narrator, are transported to a 1928 Broadway theater and into "The Drowsy Chaperone", a play-within-a-play crammed full of every cliché, gag and gimmick from the golden age of musicals. He is a fan of vintage musicals who seems to be suffering from free-floating depression, and he quickly decides to cheer things up by playing a record of the original cast recording of a (fictional) Broadway musical entitled "The Drowsy Chaperone".
The audience is greeted by the narrator, Man in Chair, sitting on a darkened stage. The Drowsy Chaperone pays tribute to the Jazz-age shows of the 1920s and the power those shows held to transport us into a dazzling fantasy and to lift our spirits in times of sadness. It all begins when a die-hard musical-theater fan plays his favorite cast album on his turntable, and the musical literally bursts to life in his living room, telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love. If you've ever sat in a dark theatre and thought, "Dear Lord in heaven, please let it be good," this is the show for you! A rare combination of unprecedented originality and blinding talent, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE boldly addresses a great unspoken desire in all of our hearts: to be entertained.
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