Fremd's Fall Musical "The Drowsy Chaperone" Opens Nov. 2

Fremd High School’s fall musical is “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a comedy within a musical. The show opens on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, with performances each evening beginning at 7 p.m. through Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. This performance boldly addresses a great unspoken desire in everyone’s heart: to be entertained.

The book and score pay tribute to the Jazz-age shows of the 1920s, and the power those shows held to transport people into a dazzling fantasy and lift spirits in times of sadness.

It all begins when a die-hard musical-theater fan plays his favorite cast album of a (fictional) Broadway musical entitled “The Drowsy Chaperone” on his turntable. No sooner has the needle touched the record than the audience is transported to a 1928 Broadway theater and into “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a play-within-a-play crammed full of every cliche, gag, and gimmick from the golden age of musicals.

The musical literally bursts to life in his living room, telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love. “The Drowsy Chaperone” opened on Broadway in 2006, and has won five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Score.

Tickets are $7 and on sale through the Cashier’s Office at Fremd High School.

Submitted by Township High School District 211.