The Drowsy Chaperone at mad Theatre of Tampa

Dates: (10/14/2022 - 10/30/2022 )

Theatre:

mad Theatre of Tampa

mad Theatre of Tampa

PO Box 8417
Tampa,FL 33674

Phone: 813-229-7827

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.

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Tony Awards and Nominations for The Drowsy Chaperone

Year	Category
2006	Best Musical

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