The Drowsy Chaperone

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Hilarity and wild antics ensue as Woodside Community Theatre presents the peninsula premiere of the five-time Tony-Award winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone. With book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, this charming and slightly wacky tribute to the musicals of the 1920s is a rare combination of modern wit and classic musical comedy. Featuring an outstanding cast of Bay Area talent, The Drowsy Chaperone plays October 29 through November 7 at Woodside High School Performing Arts Center located at 199 Churchill Avenue in Woodside. Tickets are on sale by phone at (650) 206-9282 or online at http://www.woodsidetheatre.com.

Regarded as a musical within a comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone begins when a modern day, die-hard musical theater fan known simply as "Man in Chair" plays his favorite cast album, the fictional 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone, on his turntable. As the overture starts the musical bursts to life in his studio apartment, telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet giving up her life on the stage to marry her true love, and her producer so desperate to keep his showgirl that he will go to great lengths to stop the nuptials. With an elaborate cast of over the top characters, including the dashing groom, his best man, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, the Latin lover, and a drunken chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone boldly addresses a great unspoken desire in everyone's heart - to be entertained.

The Drowsy Chaperone opened on Broadway in 2006, where it played 674 performances and won five Tony Awards, including Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Beth Leavel as the Chaperone, Best Scenic Design and Best Costume Design. The New York Times called the show "a bona fide escapist musical," while Variety declared it "delectable ... genuinely funny" and "a surprisingly heartfelt tribute to all who find solace in a favorite show when life's troubles are taking their toll." Dan Demers, who makes his debut with Woodside Community Theatre after recently returning to the Bay Area, directs the peninsula premiere of The Drowsy Chaperone with choreography by Gennine Harrington. "Choreographing Drowsy has been a blast," says Harrington, peninsula dance teacher and former Snow White in Beach Blanket Babylon, "because it combines so many of the elements that make musical theater so enjoyable: 1920's Charleston, Tap, Soft Shoe, Tango, and just good old silliness!"

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