The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast)
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Free Music Review: Simply Painful
Hit: 1 Stars
With the exception of one or two songs, this cd made me cringe. Simply painful to the ears.Free Music Review: A Show for Old Ladies
Hit: 1 Stars
Simply put, I thought the show was an overall bore! Nothing was particularly interesting or fresh about the score either. What was all the fuss about? Too bad "Kight In The Piazza" is gone ... that was fresh!Free Music Review: A Drowsy Delight
Hit: 4 Stars
The original cast recording of The Drowsy Chaperone gives us a generally delightful score sung by a top-notch cast and narrated in a way that is both hilarious and sweet by Bob Martin in his role as Man in Chair, who brings the fabled and fictitious 1928 musical to life. Sutton Foster scores on "Show Off," the score's biggest showstopper, and a lot of the songs are pure fun, which is just what a musical should provide, according to Man in Chair. The score pokes fun at 20's musicals, while also paying homage to them. Man in Chair gives funny background information on the characters in The Drowsy Chaperone, which leads us into their particular songs. I especially like "Cold Feets," "As We Stumble Along" and "I Do, I Do in the Sky," but not every song in the score is a winner. One wonders why one of the songs in the bonus tracks, "I Remember Love," delightfully sung by Georgia Engel and Edward Hibbert, was dropped from the show at some point in its final creation. The other bonus track, "Message from a Nightingale,"
is a funny and politically incorrect sendup of The King and I. This is a very short cast album with a running time of 53:19, but it is extremely well recorded and gives a faithful re-creation of the charming show playing at New York's Marquis Theatre.
Free Music Review: Hi Quality, Very Funny and Hours of Replay
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a brilliant show that was masterminded from Second City vet Bob Martin (he was the SC Artistic Director 2003-04). This show capitalizes on the best parts of a musical with equally parts parody and homage. The songs are funny, oddly familiar (we've heard that type of song so many times, and it's humorously captured perfectly), clever, and yet remain a collection of good songs. Pitch perfect casting that includes Sutton Foster (Millie from 'Thoroughly Modern Millie'), who's handling of a song is always followed by a "Wow, can that girl sing!". Bob Martin's book deserved the Tony, as his sharp comedic timing blends the elements into a classic show. Free Music Review: It does what a musical is supposed to do...
Hit: 4 Stars
While the Drowsy Chaperone lacks subtle elegance, social importance, or even obvious wit, its a lot of fun, albeit slightly irregular in its organization. As far as setup goes, we've seen the play, we've seen the play within the play, and now we have the play within the play within the... apartment?
The Drowsy Chaperone tears down the wall between the actors and the audience as we are invited into the apartment of the narrator, the "man in the chair". Together we watch a re-enactment of a faux 1928 musical where charmingly intentional two-dimentional characters (the flapper, the diva, the lothario) hurry to pull together a gay (happy) wedding. Part homage of the american musical comedy, part spoof of a lost way of life, the Drowsy Chaperone is filled with amusing narration and laughout loud songs. Beth Leavel shines as the perpetually drunk chaperone to the bride, and Danny Burstein is hillarious as her rakish latin counterpart.
To quote the centralizing man in the chair, "I know its not a perfect show, but it does what a musical is supposed to do...It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry in your head for when you're feeling blue." Who could ask for anything more?