THEATRE + COMEDY

The Grand 1894 Opera House's 2008-2009 "Signature Season" will close with the 2006 Tony Award-winning production of The Drowsy Chaperone – "A musical full of imagination."

Set for Saturday, May 2, this musical will take the stage for two richly hysterical performances at 3 and 8 pm.

Sponsored in part by EIM Controls, this just-for-fun story is a totally silly spoof of the Broadway Musicals of the 1920's and ‘30s and it's sure to transport you to a magical, wonderful world where you are in musical comedy heaven!

"The Drowsy Chaperone brings bygone stage musicals back to life," raves the Star-Telegram.

A totally original musical within a comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone has "more laughs per minute than any new show on Broadway" (WWCR-TV), the most 2006 Tony Awards of any musical on Broadway and the New York Drama Critics' Circle and Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical!

A rare combination of unprecedented originality and blinding talent, The Drowsy Chaperone boldly addresses a great unspoken desire in all of our hearts to be entertained. If you've ever sat in a darkened theatre and thought, "Dear Lord in heaven, please let it be good," this is the show for you.

It all begins when a die-hard musical theater fan plays his favorite cast album on his turntable, and the musical literally bursts to life in his living room!

Brimming with campy characters, zany plot twists, and a daffy, cart-wheeling heroine, the story line centers on a celebrity starlet who wants to give up her career for true love while everything and everyone around her conspires to keep the wedding from happening!

This "musical-within-musical is perfectly staged, wholly entertaining," raves the Chicago Sun Times.

Don't miss this hilarious tale of a celebrity bride on her uproarious wedding day. This show will have you "soaring to the rafters!"

For more information please visit www.drowsychaperone.com.