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John
Glover In The Drowsy Chaperone: Press Release We
have been sent the press release containing information
on John Glover's upcoming role in the Broadway musical
The Drowsy Chaperone.
Glover's
run on the play begins on April 17.
Here's
the press release:
TONY
AWARD® WINNER JOHN GLOVER TO
STAR AS “MAN IN CHAIR” IN “THE DROWSY CHAPERONE”
Broadway’s
Tony Award® winning hit musical THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
will welcome Tony Award® winner John Glover (Love!
Valour! Compassion!, TV’s “Smallville”)
to the cast in April on a date to be announced.
Glover
will take over the role of “Man in Chair” from
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE’s Tony Award® winning star
and author Bob Martin, who will reprise his role in the
upcoming West End production of the hit musical, which
begins previews on May 14th at the Novello Theatre in
London.
John
Glover returns to the New York stage, after receiving
Drama Desk, Drama League and Lortel Award nominations
for his critically acclaimed role in Jon Robin Baitz’s
play The Paris Letter. He won a 1995 Tony Award® for
the dual role of John and James Jeckyll in Terrence McNally’s
play Love! Valour! Compassion!, and also recreated his
roles in the film version. A five-time Emmy Award
nominee, Glover is known to television audiences for his
recurring role as “Lionel Luthor” on the CW
series “Smallville.”
The
most celebrated musical of the 2006 season and the recipient
of thirteen major awards, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE received
the most Tony Awards® of any musical -five in total,
including Best Book and Best Score, seven Drama Desk Awards
including Best Musical, four Outer Critic's Circle Awards
including Outstanding Score and the Drama Critics'
Circle Award for Best Musical.
THE
DROWSY CHAPERONE began previews April 3, 2006 and opened
on Broadway on May 1, 2006 at the Marquis Theatre (1535
Broadway).
THE
DROWSY CHAPERONE is directed and choreographed by Tony
Award® nominee Casey Nicholaw (Spamalot), with music
and lyrics by Tony Award® winners Lisa Lambert and
Greg Morrison and a book by Tony Award® winners Bob
Martin and Don McKellar.
To chase
his blues away, a modern day musical theatre addict known simply
as “Man in Chair” drops the needle on his favorite
cast album – the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone.
From the crackle of his hi-fi, the uproariously funny musical
magically bursts to life on stage. We are instantly immersed
in the hilarious tale of a glamorous bride and her uproarious
wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises that take both
the cast (literally) and the audience (metaphorically) soaring
into the heavens. Man in Chair’s infectious love of THE
DROWSY CHAPERONE speaks to anyone who has ever been transported
by the theater.
JOHN GLOVER
most recently starred on the New York stage to critical acclaim
as “Anton Kilgallen” in Jon Robin Baitz’s play
The Paris Letter Off-Broadway at Roundabout, a role for which
he received Drama Desk, Drama League and Lucille Lortel Award
nominations. Broadway: Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony and Obie
Award), Design For Living, Whodunnit, Frankenstein, The Importance
of Being Earnest, Holiday, Chemin De Fer, The Visit, Don Juan
and The Great God Brown (Drama Desk Award). Last season, Mr.
Glover appeared in the world premiere of Terrence McNally's
play Some Men at the Philadelphia Theatre Company and received
a Barrymore Award nomination. Off-Broadway Mr. Glover received
the Bayfield Award for Best Classical Performance for The Winter’s
Tale. Other Off-Broadway: Sorrows and Rejoicings, Oblivion Postponed,
Digby, Give Me Your Answer Do, A Scent of Flowers, Rebel Women,
The House of Blue Leaves, The Fairy Garden, Subject to Fits,
Criminal Minds and Treats. Television: currently on “Smallville”;
five Emmy Award nominations for TV roles. Film includes: Payback,
Batman and Robin, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Gremlins II, Scrooged,
Masquerade, The Chocolate War, Rocket Gilbraltar, 52 Pick-Up,
White Nights, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Melvin and Howard,
Julia and Annie Hall.
THE DROWSY
CHAPERONE is produced by Kevin McCollum, Roy Miller, Boyett
Ostar, Stephanie McClelland, Barbara Freitag and Jill Furman.
THE DROWSY
CHAPERONE plays Tuesday – Saturday at 8:00 p.m. with matinees
on Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
John
Glover In The Drowsy Chaperone: Press Release