![]() ![]() Feldzieg bemoans his fate to dizzy chorine Kitty: Janet’s getting married is a catastrophic development. "Drowsy") Chaperone.īroadway Impresario Mr. George fobs Janet off to the already half-in-the-bag (i.e. Best man George, the weight of the wedding on his harried shoulders, protests the bride mustn’t see the groom on her wedding day. The groom, dashing oil-magnate-heir Robert Martin, toasts his bride, Broadway starlet Janet Van de Graaff. ![]() On the grounds of her estate, the dotty dowager Mrs. With caveats of its "two-dimensional characters" and "well worn plot," Man In Chair now guides us into the story … Soon, into his apartment parades the entire cast of the original 1928 production (Fancy Dress). "Remember?"ĭropping the needle on his hi-fi (Overture), Man In Chair’s imagination takes flight with the sound of a full orchestra. Admitting to a state of "non-specific sadness," he asks us to escape with him as he plays the LP of his favorite musical: Gable & Stein’s The Drowsy Chaperone. The lights come up we see a rather ordinary Man In a Chair, sitting in his rather ordinary New York apartment. In the darkness, we hear a theatergoer’s lament, and a prayer for the current state for theatrical art. ![]()
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