The Drowsy Chaperone at Little Theatre of Norfolk

The Drowsy Chaperone opened on Broadway in 2006 and won the Tony Award for Best Book and Best Score. The show 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, 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.

Authors

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

Tony Awards and Nominations for The Drowsy Chaperone