The Drowsy Chaperone at mad Theatre of Tampa

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Winner of five 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.  mad Theatre of Tampa is excited to present this show October 14 - 30, 2022 at the Straz Center's Shimberg Playhouse under the direction of Kari Ann Stamatoplos with music direction by Megan Zeitler.  

With the houselights down, a man in a chair (played by Doug Buffaloe) appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.

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.

Authors

• Bob Martin
• Don McKellar
• Greg Morrison
• Lisa Lambert

Tony Awards and Nominations for The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Mildred as played by Erica Borges Vitelli in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone”.

Meet Dottie as played by Jenelle Vinachi in mad Theatre of Tampa’s THE DROWSY CHAPERONE.

Meet Edgar as played by Topher Larkin in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Hattie as played by AndI Laaker in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Chanita Cocktail as played by Evan Lomba in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Trix as played by Patty Smithey in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Adolpho as played by Robert Pelaia in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Paulie as played by Ryan Farnworth in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Kitty as played by Christen Preziosi in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Vincenzo as played by Dylan Fidler in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Mr. Feldzieg as played by Jay Morgan in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet George as played by Neil Bleiweiss in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Robert as played by Bernard McNicol in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet The Drowsy Chaperone as played by Jessica Berger-Vitalo in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Janet Van de Graaff as played by Madison DeBrino in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

Meet Man in Chair as played by Doug Buffaloe in mad Theatre of Tampa’s “The Drowsy Chaperone

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