Drowsy Chaperone Vinyl Album Set for 2/14 Release

A limited edition, vinyl album of the Grammy Award-nominated original cast recording of the five-time Tony Award-winning hit musical The Drowsy Chaperone will be released by Ghostlight Records on Valentine's Day, Wednesday, February 14. The re-mastered collector's item will mark the first time in nearly twenty years that an original Broadway cast recording will be released in album format.

"In The Drowsy Chaperone, a modern day musical theatre fan known simply as 'Man in Chair' drops the needle on his favorite cast album – the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the uproariously funny musical magically bursts to life on stage," press materials state.

"Now, a limited edition, 13-track record recreates 'Man in Chair's experience listening to his cherished cast album and features added scene dialogue, vintage cover artwork, Broadway production photographs, lyrics, liner notes and an included bonus CD of the vinyl record's content.

The Drowsy Chaperone has been called a love letter to the musical theater; the re-mastered vinyl rarity is the perfect Valentine's Day gift - the definitive piece of theater memorabilia from "Man in Chair," the ultimate theatre fan. Now fans everywhere can bring The Drowsy Chaperone to life in their own living rooms with the collector's item album that looks just like the record 'Man in Chair' worships in the hit Broadway musical."

The Drowsy Chaperone limited edition, vinyl album will be available for $50.00 exclusively at the Marriott Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway), on the Ghostlight Records website (www.GhostlightRecords.com) and at the musical's website. Online advance orders are being taken now for delivery in time for Valentine's Day. A portion of the proceeds from The Drowsy Chaperone limited edition vinyl album will benefit The Actors' Fund of America, celebrating their 125th Anniversary this year.

The musical began previews April 3, 2006 and opened on May 1, 2006 at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway).  The show is directed and choreographed by Tony Award® nominee Casey Nicholaw (Spamalot), with music and lyrics by Tony Award® winners Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Tony Award® winners Bob Martin and Don McKellar.

The Drowsy Chaperone "begins when a die-hard musical fan plays his favorite cast album, and the show magically bursts to life on stage. We are instantly immersed in the glamorous, hilarious tale of The Drowsy Chaperone, complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast (literally) and the audience (metaphorically) soaring into the rafters. Man in Chair's infectious love of The Drowsy Chaperone speaks to anyone who has ever been transported by the theater."

The musical features Peter Bartlett, Tony Award-nominee Danny Burstein, Georgia Engel, Tony Award-winner Sutton Foster, Troy Britton Johnson, Eddie Korbich, Garth Kravits, Jason Kravits, Tony Award-winner Beth Leavel, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Tony Award-winner Bob Martin, Jennifer Smith, Lenny Wolpe, Andrea Chamberlain, Jay Douglas, Stacia Fernandez, Linda Gabler, Angela Pupello, Kilty Reidy, Joey Sorge and Patrick Wetzel.

The Drowsy Chaperone is produced by Kevin McCollum, Roy Miller, Boyett Ostar, Stephanie McClelland, Barbara Freitag and Jill Furman.

The Grammy Award-nominated original cast recording of The Drowsy Chaperone is produced by Grammy Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee Joel Moss , musical director Phil Reno and Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records President Kurt Deutsch.

The Drowsy Chaperone complete 22-track Broadway original cast recording, including two additional bonus tracks, is available in stores now and on www.ghostlightrecords.com .  Visit www.thedrowsychaperone.com.

Photo of Bob Martin by Joan Marcus