Producer Roy Miller said, "We are grateful to everyone who took a chance on this completely original musical. To have had both the artistic and financial success realized is the miracle of The Drowsy Chaperone." 19, "The show was pure joy and we were a hit. The Drowsy Chaperone spawned a well-reviewed national tour (which continues), a London production that did not last long, and a cast album (as well as a specialty LP record of the album - for collectors) on the Ghostlight Records label. refined the piece and staged it to acclaim in Toronto before American producers (and director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw) helped make it a Broadway baby. Wheels turned, light bulbs went off, and Martin and Co. It was about a fake Jazz Age show called The Drowsy Chaperone. The production has its roots in a larky show Martin's pals wrote and performed for him as a wedding gift. Martin became a Broadway theatre community favorite. Martin - who starred as fussy Man in Chair, also earning a Tony nomination as Best Actor in a Musical - has said he has other theatre projects up his sleeve.
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Co-librettists Don McKellar and Bob Martin (who won the 2006 Best Book of a Musical Tony for Drowsy) and songwriters Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (who won the Best Score Tony) are known for their work in Canada's comedy, TV and theatre communities. The hit show, which recouped its investment, was a Broadway rarity: an original musical not based on source material, penned by Broadway outsiders. Bob Saget and Beth Leavel in The Drowsy Chaperone.
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