Monday, July 20, 2015

So that was The Drowsy Chaperone....okay.

We saw the musical, "The Drowsy Chaperone" (book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison) on Saturday, July 11, at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, with friends.

It's hard not to like The Drowsy Chaperone. I liked it. We both liked it. We all liked it. It's a parody of 1920s musical comedies, where an old  professor-type plays his favorite 20s musical album, and the musical is acted out on stage for us. The plot is incidental, typically "madcap". The very good, New York-level production and performance included some wonderful tap dancing (wish I'd learned), the usual high-volume singing, and corny stereotypical jokes. It's never not entertaining, and never rises to anything absorbing or provocative. It's strangely comforting.