YMMV / The Drowsy Chaperone

• Award Snub: While the show did quite well at the Tonys, it lost Best Musical to Jersey Boys. It's otherwise strong performance can either be seen as making this snub more bearable or worse.
• The Bard on Board: Many actors and directors have noticed a connection between Drowsy and Shakespeare's As You Like It: Four weddings, main couple falls in and out of love, girl pretends to be something she isn't, last marriage comes out of nowhere, priest for the wedding comes down from the sky...
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The Man puts in the wrong record, and we get to hear "Message From a Nightingale", which has absolutely nothing to do with the plot.
• Cult Classic: Not the most mainstream show, but it's a favorite of many for it's expert pastiching of old school shows that both lets you laugh at them and love them.
• Funny Moments: The opening monologue, the spit-take scene, "Bride's Lament", literally every scene in which the Chaperone or Aldolpho appear, 95% of Man In Chair's comments, the record skipping at the end of "Toledo Surprise", the gangsters' puns, "Message From A Nightingale"...it's a cliche to end entries like this with "let's just say the whole show", but The Drowsy Chaperone has earned it.
• Heartwarming Moments: "Finale Ultimo," in which the Man in Chair imagines being surrounded by his favorite characters and joining in their final song. It's...just hard to listen to it without feeling happy.
• Narm Charm: Despite being extremely silly, the lyrics for Bride's Lament are still quite touching.
• The Woobie: Man In Chair, especially once you learn his backstory, where he's been quite unlucky in love and now lives alone. Though it's played for laughs for most of the show, but the final monologue with "Finale Ultimo" really solidifies it by showcasing how pathetic he is, relying on old musical records to keep his spirits up.

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