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Millbank Theatre, Thursday 19th March - Saturday 28th March
The Drowsy Chaperone is a five-time Tony Award-winning meta-musical that simultaneously parodies and pays loving homage to the Jazz Age American musical comedies of the 1920s. The show is framed by a lonely, middle-aged musical theatre fan, known as the “Man in Chair,” who plays the cast recording of a fictional 1928 show in his apartment, which then magically comes to life in his living room.
The Show-Within-a-Show: The fictional 1928 musical centers on the impending wedding of a glamorous Broadway starlet, Janet Van de Graaff, to an oil tycoon, Robert Martin. The producer of her Follies, Mr. Feldzieg, conspires to stop the wedding to keep Janet in show business, a plan supported by two gangsters disguised as pastry chefs. A bungling Latin lover, Aldolpho, is enlisted to seduce Janet, but mistakenly seduces her “drowsy” (tipsy) chaperone instead. Mistaken identities, a blindfolded roller-skating groom, and general madcap delight ensue, culminating in a multiple wedding finale officiated by Trix the Aviatrix.
The Man in Chair: The Man in Chair provides a running, witty commentary on the plot, the characters, and the actors who originated the roles, offering insights into the tropes of the genre and snippets of his own life.
- Date:
- Thursday 19th March - Saturday 28th March
- Time:
- 8.00pm
- Price:
- €22.50 - €25
- Address:
- Millbank Theatre, Chapel Green, Rush, County Dublin, Ireland
