The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast)
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Composer: Lisa LambertComposer: Greg Morrison
Edition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks
CD Release Date: 2006-06-06
Music Label: Ghostlight
Soundtracks:
- Fancy Dress
- Cold Feets
- Best Man for the Job
- Show Off
- As We Stumble Along
- Adolpho
- Accident Waiting to Happen
- Toledo Surprise
- Message from a Nightingale
- Bride?s Lament
- I Remember Love
- I Do, I Do in the Sky
Music reviews of The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Original Broadway Cast)
Music Review: A VERY CLEVER PERIOD MUSICAL IN THE STYLE OF JERRY HERMAN, WITH A "TWIST"
Rating: 5 Stars
It sickens me to see so many bad reviews of this ingenious musical, which, on first hearing, had me right from the start. Just because it contains characters who are classic 1920's stock caricatures and a pastiche score of a certain era does not mean it's not wonderful and very tuneful and cleverly devised, with a most ingenious conceit of using the "man in chair" to focus the musical from his points of view. Why can't more people embrace a wide spectrum of musical theater styles? For example, Hello, Dolly! was written to be considered a farce, and was comprised of a pastiche score that took audiences back to a certain age and place with lots of silly local color to it. I feel the same analogy works much the same here, with The Drowsy Chaperone. What I think is this: Not only have we become very jaded as a Nation, but jaded also about our taste in musicals. It seems many negative posters feel you can either do a serious, emotionally heart-wrenching musical, or a clever jukebox musical, but light and fluffy musical comedy is not as acceptable or admired as much anymore because we are so uptight in this society that we scoff at a show that wants nothing more than to be an escape from the real world, which, in my estimation, we could use plenty of! Many people have listened to this CD once, and judged it on first hearing. Many people judged The Light In The Piazza negatively on first hearing too, because it takes several listenings to fully grasp it's musical complexities, and if you think The Drowsy Chaperone has very little musical textures and complexities, let's see all you naysayers try to write a score as clever and charming as this one. Never judge a musical's score on a first hearing. One day this show will be looked at in a higher regard, and although it may not qualify as one of the masterpieces of the American Musical Theatre, it still is among the Best of the 2005-2006 season, and most deservedly earned it's Tony Award for Best Score in relation to the other nominees this year. It wasn't dour, tuneless, or repellently tasteless as the 3 other nommed scores of this year. Whatever happened to letting go and enjoying a fun, funny, musical tribute to a bygone era? (By the way, I am NOT a shill for this show. It's pathetic how "the naysayers" always think if you like something they think is lousy, you're automatically pegged as a promotor of a show. Those types seem like the personality of the titular character of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE!
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