The Drowsy Chaperone - presented by Costa Mesa High School Drama

Costa Mesa High School Drama is elated to present the delightful “Musical within a Comedy”, The Drowsy Chaperone.   The musical pays tribute to the Jazz-age shows of the 1920s and the power those shows held to transport us into a dazzling fantasy and to lift our spirits in times of sadness.

The audience is greeted by the narrator, Man in Chair, sitting on a darkened stage. He is a fan of vintage musicals, who seems to be suffering from free-floating depression, and he quickly decides to cheer things up by playing a record of the original cast recording of a (fictional) Broadway musical entitled The Drowsy Chaperone.

No sooner has the needle touched the record than we, together with the narrator, are transported to a 1928 Broadway theatre and into The Drowsy Chaperone, a play-within-a-play, crammed full of every cliche, gag and gimmick from the golden age of musicals.

Full of bedazzling music, dance, and lights, this musical will warm your heart and set your feet a-tappin’