Arts & Entertainment
The Drowsy Chaperone Opens to Rave Reviews!
"Fabulous Performance said one audience member. "An excellent price for a Broadway quality performance "!
The 2006 Tony Award winner, The Drowsy Chaperone opened Thanksgiving weekend at the Brook Arts Center in Bound Brook to rave reviews! "Fabulous Performance, said one audience member. "An excellent price for a Broadway quality performance ", "Hooray for this extremely talented cast!!” and "I saw it on Broadway in 2006 and this performance matches the talents!", a few of the many reviews clipped from Facebook and Twitter. See it this coming weekend, Nov 30 -Dec 2, as we stage our final three performances. Adult tickets are $20 and Student/Senior $10. Tickets are on sale online at www.brookarts.org or at the door. No Service charge for online orders, plus each guest receives a 10% discount at Mama Rosina’s Restaurant & Bar.. located one block from the theater!
Hailed as one of the first “great” Broadway musicals of the 21st Century, The Drowsy Chaperone is a playful heartfelt parody of 1920s musical comedy, which features a chirpy jazz-age score by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a lively, clever book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. This loving parody of a Jazz Age musical features one show-stopping song and dance number after another. The score boasts such tunes as the scenery-chomping “Show Off”, the sizzling and silly “I Am Aldolpho”, “Toledo Surprise”, and “As We Stumble Along”.
The show opens as a musical theatre fan; appears in a chair, listening to the record of his favorite musical, the fictional 1928 hit The Drowsy Chaperone. The musical comes to life on stage as " The Man in the Chair" wryly comments on the music, story, and actors. New York Magazine called it “The Perfect Broadway Musical,” "The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre". A must see for musical theater fans!