Railroad Square Historic District

Title: The Drowsy Chaperone Jan. 13 to Feb. 5, 2012
Location: 6th Street Playhouse
Description: The ultimate love letter to musical theater, “The Drowsy Chaperone” delights with pure escapism when a man’s vivid imagination transforms his drab apartment into a glittering stage of show stopping singing and dancing, dazzling costumes and magical sets. Pictured is Jeff Cote as “the man in the chair.”

Photo by Eric Chazankin

“The Drowsy Chaperone”

PRODUCER: 6th Street Playhouse presents

WHAT: “The Drowsy Chaperone”
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar

What happens when a lonely man has a love affair with his favorite Broadway musical? “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a classic, jazz-age musical-comedy and all its hilarious characters come to life in his living room.

The Tony awarding-winning Broadway hit “The Drowsy Chaperone” is the ultimate love letter to musical theater as it delights with pure escapism when a man’s vivid imagination transforms his drab apartment into a glittering showcase of show stopping singing and dancing, dazzling costumes and magical sets.

At the heart of this show within a show is the “man in the chair,” who leads the audience in and out of reality when he plays the LP of his favorite cast recording “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a fabled 1928 musical featuring all the usual suspects – a conflicted Broadway starlet and an eclectic parade of show people, servants, gangsters and absent-minded millionaires – all entangled in a classic, old-fashioned, musical-comedy of mix-ups and mayhem.

The “man in the chair” says his favorite show does what a musical is supposed to do. “It takes you to another world and gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you’re feeling blue.”
Directed by Gene Abravaya
Musical direction by Janis Wilson

WHEN: Jan. 13 to Feb. 5, 2012
8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
2 p.m. Sundays
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012

LOCATION: 6th Street Playhouse
GK Hardt Theatre
52 West 6th Street
Santa Rosa, Calif.  95401

TICKETS: $15 to $35
8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays & 2 p.m. Sundays: General $35, Senior (62+) $30, Youth (13-21) $30 and Children (5-12) $15
8 p.m. Thursdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays: General $28, Senior $23, Youth $23, Children $15

PHONE: 707-523-4185
Order tickets by telephone, online or purchase at the door. Reservations recommended.

WEB SITE: www.6thstreetplayhouse.com