The Drowsy Chaperone. Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. Marquis Theatre. The Drowsy Chaperone is an entirely original musical recreating an imaginary 1928 musical in the living room of a fanatical theater nerd played by the co-creator of the book, Robert Martin (hilarious and also poignant in this role). The cast is chock full of top notch Broadway talent led by Sutton Foster and Beth Level. Standouts include Georgia Engel as a ditsy hostess and my daughter's favorites Garth and Jason Kravits as two gangsters who could have fit right in with the Three Stooges or the Marx Brothers. The musical is fabulously staged, the costumes and sets are perfection.
I saw The Drowsy Chaperone on July 3 with my wife and 19-year-old daughter. We all loved it. The Drowsy Chaperone gets our highest recommendation; not only do we feel it passed the Bridge and Tunnel Test (and the traffic was horrendous getting through the Lincoln Tunnel), we would gladly see it again, tough commute or not! A+