Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one hilarious, show-stopping song and dance number after another. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and offers to take the audience on a delightful journey through the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. As the record plays, the show comes to life inside his apartment, including two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and a drowsy (i.e., intoxicated) chaperone. Add in an amazing score and remarkable tap dancing and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. Hailed by New York Magazine as The Perfect Broadway Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre. Dont miss this show at San Franciscos Shelton Theater.
Tony Awards and Nominations for The Drowsy Chaperone
| Year | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Best Musical |
SUBMIT UPDATES
Videos
 |
Paranormal Activity
American Conservatory Theater (2/19 - 3/15) | |
 |
What the Constitution Means to Me
Hillbarn Theatre (1/22 - 2/8) | |
|
Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Sat Feb 21 8pm
Elbo Room Jack London (2/21 - 2/21) | |
|
Comedy Oakland at Calabash Sat Feb 28 8pm
Calabash (2/28 - 2/28) | |
|
anthropology
City Lights Theater Company (5/14 - 6/7) | |
|
M. Butterfly
San Francisco Playhouse (2/5 - 3/14) | |
|
You Eat So Well!
Portero Stage (1/29 - 1/31)
PHOTOS
| |
|
After Happy
Berkeley City Club (2/26 - 3/29) | |
|
Therapist Zero at Playground Solo Performance Festival
Potrero Stage (1/19 - 1/31) | |
| VIEW SHOWS ADD A SHOW | ||
Get San Francisco / Bay Area's #1 Theatre Newsletter
All the show news & discounts for San Francisco / Bay Area & beyond.
