The Drowsy Chaperone Starts Previews April 3 and Opens May 1 at Marquis Theatre

Just days after The Woman in White has announced it's closing for February 19th, the Marquis Theatre has announced their next tenant - The Drowsy Chaperone. The show, which recently had its pre-Broadway engagement at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre from November 10-December 24, 2005 will begin previews on April 3, 2006 and will open on May 1, 2006.

Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone, is a witty love letter to the extravagant musicals of the 1920s, with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar.

The Drowsy Chaperone depicts with much affection such characters as the glamorous showgirl (Tony Award-winning Sutton Foster), who is gives up the stage for love and marriage; her debonair fiancé (Troy Britton Johnson); her world-weary and scene-stealing chaperone (Beth Leavel); the nervous best man (Eddie Korbich); the dotty dowager (Georgia Engel) who owns the estate where the wedding is to take place; the dowager's sardonic servant (Edward Hibbert); the scheming producer (Lenny Wolpe) who doesn't want to lose his star; and the dizzy chorine (Jennifer Smith) who'd like to replace the star. Adding to the fun are a Latin lover (Danny Burstein), a pair of gangsters posing as pastry chefs (Garth Kravits and Jason Kravits), and an aviatrix (Kecia Lewis-Evans).

Tickets will go on sale on March 12 via Ticketmaster, and Ticketmaster.com and will also be available from the Marquis box office on March 13.