May 04, 2006
The Drowsy Chaperone.
Don McKellar, writer, actor, director, and guy who must never sleep, talks about the Drowsy Chaperone, a musical that went from being a one-off bit of stag party entertainment, to Fringe Festival fare, to a show on the Great Broadway itself.
Reviews were generally excellent, with the one unfortunate exception of The New York Times, which called it "a festive entree at a high-end suburban dinner theater." Oops.
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a goofy 1920s-style musical to perform at the stag before the wedding of their theatre friends Bob Martin and Janet Van De Graaff. Is she the one that invented the generator?
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This sounds just like my cuppa tea.
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I'm a big fan of McKellar's work...especially 'Highway 61' and '32 Short Films About Glenn Gould'. Can't say I'm a fan of the Broadway musical, though...this is a departure.
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I Love (x lots) Twitch City. I hear it is coming out on DVD soon (he said so on his limited run CBC radio program). Good to hear that he is bringing his awesomosity to other avenues.
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More McKellar in Elimination Dance, based on the Michael Ondaatje poem of the same name. I liked WayDownTown as well.
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Drowsy Chaperone named best musical.