Set design is by David Gallo, with costumes by Gregg Barnes, lighting by Ken Billington and Brian Monahan and sound by Acme Sound Partners. The production is directed and choregraphed by Casey Nicholaw. The Drowsy Chaperone features Music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the musical magically bursts to life on stage, telling the tale of a pampered Broadway starlet who wants to give up show business to get married, her producer who sets out to sabotage the nuptials, her chaperone, the debonair groom, the dizzy chorine, the Latin lover and a pair of gangsters who double as pastry chefs. To chase his blues away, a modern day musical theatre addict known simply as 'Man in Chair' (Bob Martin) drops the needle on his favorite LP � the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. The Drowsy Chaperone won five 2006 Tony Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards and four Outer Critics Circle Awards. Reviewer, Polly Wittenberg, wrote when the play finished "I was delighted to be outside in fresh air." You can read all of Polly Wittenberg's review here However, The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "The happiest surprise of the Broadway season� and The Associated Press called it "a disarming, delightful souffl�. The New York times said "Small and ingratiating musical" and the New York Post called it a "little, horrifyingly pastiche musical. Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles - 10 November, 2005 - 24 December, 2005. The Drowsy Chaperone opened at the Marquis Theatre on the, following previews from the, where it is currently booking to. Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison: Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar Directed by Casey Nicholaw. The cast also includes: Peter Bartlett (Underling), Danny Burstein (Adolpho), Georgia Engel (Mrs Tottendale), Sutton Foster (Janet Van De Graaff), Troy Britton Johnson (Robert Martin), Eddie Korbich (George), Garth Kravits (Gangster 2), Jason Kravits (Gangster 1), Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone), Kecia Lewis-Evans (Trix), Bob Martin (Man in Chair), Jennifer Smith (Kitty) and Lenny Wolpe (Feldzieg).
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He currently plays Lionel Luthor in the TV series Smallville.
His many Broadway credits include Love! Valour! Compassion! (1995) for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.
Glover was last seen on Broadway in Tartuffe (1996 revival). John Glover is to replace Bob Martin as The Man in the Chair, sometime in April 2007, in the Broadway musical The Drowsy Chaperone.
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