*The John Hirsch Theatre Mainstage

It all begins when a die-hard, modern-day musical theatre fan – the Man in Chair – drops
the needle on his favourite album, a 1928 smash musical called The Drowsy Chaperone. As he
listens to the rare cast recording, his apartment is magically transformed into the show itself
in all its roaring glory. With the Man in Chair as guide, we are introduced to the hilarious
story of a pampered broadway star on the eve of her wedding to an oil tycoon. Her desperate
producer needs to keep the bride from retiring into domesticity, and solicits the help of a
Latin lothario to seduce her before the nuptials can take place.

Will her chaperone stay awake long enough to prevent disaster? and why are the bumbling gangsters disguised as pastry chefs? This toe-tapping tribute to the Jazz Age and the golden era of musicals won five Tony Awards on Broadway. Now it will win your heart.