About the Creators

Music by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison

Book by Bob Martin & Don McKeller

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Marquis Theatre

Opening Night: May 1, 2006

Total Performances: 674

Original Cast:

Danny Burstein, Georgia Engel, Sutton Foster, Edward Hibbert, Troy Britton Johnson, Eddie Korbich, Garth Kravits, Jason Kravits, Beth Leavel, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Bob Martin, Jennifer Smith, Lenny Wolpe

Director & Choreographer: Casey Nicholaw

Musical Director: Phil Reno

Orchestrations: Larry Blank

Scenic Design: David Gallo

Costume Design: Gregg Barnes

Lighting Design: Ken Billington and Brian Monahan

Originally conceived in 1997 as bachelor party entertainment before the nuptials of actors Bob Martin and Janet van de Graaff, Drowsy Chaperone lovingly spoofs Jazz Age musicals.  The show had a relatively quick trip to Broadway -- after Martin joined the original three creators to revise the show for the Toronto Fringe Festival in 1998, it went on to an expanded production in 1999, had a mainstage production at the Winter Garden Theatre in 2001, which led to a New York reading in 2004, followed by an out-of-town tryout in Los Angeles in 2005, and finally the show debuted on Broadway in 2006.  It has won 5 Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, and 7 Drama Desk awards.  Major productions have been mounted in Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, London, and Japan, and the show has had two North American tours.

Sources:

http://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/drowsychaperone.htm