Current Season
The Drowsy Chaperone
Nov 22 - Dec 27
The Drowsy Chaperone
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison / Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Directed by Max Reimer
Musical Direction by Lloyd Nicholson
Cast:
Jay Brazeau as Man in Chair
Debbie Timuss as Janet van de Graaf
Ryan Reid as George
Shawn Macdonald as Gangster
Neil Minor as Gangster
Tsholo Khalema as Trix
Nathalie Marrable as Kitty
Mark Burgess as Feldzieg
David Marr as Underling
Lauren Bowler as Ensemble
Production:
To be announced.
The Drowsy Chaperone at The 5th Avenue Theatre | watch clip (3:49)
"Here is a musical that frankly sets itself up as a short (1 hour 40 minutes), happy exercise in escapism, adorned with just enough postmodern footnotes to make you feel all insiderly. It’s sort of like being able to eat your cake and diet too." The New York Times
"Irresistible! A witty, winning, refreshing cocktail of a show." Variety
"An evening of happy hilarity and dizzy delight." Sunday Express
"Wonderfully smart and funny." Sunday Times
Open on a drab apartment on a dull day. A middle-aged man pulls out his favourite cast album from the 1928 musical 'The Drowsy Chaperone'. He drops the needle into the groove, and suddenly his apartment is magically transformed into the show itself in all its roaring glory.More
