The Ryle Drama Club presents... The Drowsy Chaperone

Winner of five Tony Awards (including Best Original Score) when it hit Broadway in 2006, The Drowsy Chaperone is for people who both love and hate the American musicals of the Jazz Age. The show’s narrator, a mousy, agoraphobic Broadway fanatic seeking a cure for the blues, listens to a recording of an obscure 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone . As he listens to this rare recording, he and the audience are transported into the musical. The characters appear in his dingy apartment, his cold-water flat is transformed into an impressive Broadway set, and both the narrator and the audience are taken on a 90 minute roller coaster ride of song, dance and laughter.  (Mauer Productions Onstage, 2014)

Performances will be held in the Ryle auditorium this week on:
Thursday, February 27th at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 28th at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 1st at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Admission is $5 for students and $8 for adults.  All proceeds benefit the Ryle Drama club.

Synopsis:
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 Man in Chair, a mousy, agoraphobic Broadway fanatic, seeking to cure his "non-specific sadness", listens to a recording of a fictional 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. As he listens to this rare recording, he is transported into the musical. 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.  (Mauer Productions Onstage 2014)