Tottendale, Underling, Trix the Aviatrix, and Man In Chair's favorite character, the drowsy chaperone to Janet. Characters include the bride and groom, Robert Martin and Janet Van de Graaff, the best man George, Broadway producer Feldzieg, aspiring actress Kitty, Latin lover Aldolpho, two gansgters disguised as pastry chefs, Mrs. The Drowsy Chaperone displays a fictional musical of the same name, sprung to life in the living room of Man In Chair as he plays the original cast recording of the show. The show then transferred to the Marquis Theatre in New York, beginning previews on Apand opening officially on May 1, 2006. In 2005, a pre-Broadway run performed, once again to sold-out audiences, at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. The show was nominated for multiple Broadway (2006) and London (2008) theatre awards, winning five Tony Awards and seven Drama Desk Awards.

Following sold-out runs at the Winter Garden, the show was featured as part of the New York's National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival in 2004. Seeing potential in the show, it was then taken and reworked for the Toronto Fringe Festival the following year, and featured Bob Martin as Man In Chair.Ĭhaperone was such a success, that it was moved to the Theatre Passe Muraille that fall, and then reworked and moved to the Winter Garden theatre in 2001. The show was originally created as a bachelor party gift to Bob Martin and his wife Janet Van de Graaff in 1998.

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