The most celebrated musical of the 2006 Broadway season, The Drowsy Chaperone, a completely original musical comedy, is coming to Philadelphia at the Academy of Music from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2. The show 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. The musical launches the new theatre season as the first production for the 2007-08 Cadillac Broadway Series.

Tickets ranging in price from $25 to $77.50 will go on sale Sunday, Oct. 14 beginning at 10am. A limited amount of box seats priced at $100 are also available. Tickets can be purchased by calling 215-731-3333, online at www.kimmelcenter.org/broadway, at the Kimmel Center box office, Broad & Spruce Streets (open daily 10am - 6pm) or the Academy of Music box office, Broad & Locust Streets (during performances only). Groups of 20 or more will receive discounts for select performances by calling 215-790-5883. Tickets can also be purchased as part of a Choose 3 subscription package by calling 215-893-1955.

Performances include: Tuesday through Thursday evenings (Nov. 27 - 29) at 7:30pm; Friday & Saturday evenings (Nov. 30 & Dec. 1) at 8pm; Sunday evening (Dec. 2) at 6:30pm; and matinees on Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 1pm.

The Drowsy Chaperone tells the story of a modern day musical theater addict known simply as "Man in Chair." To chase his blues away he drops the needle on his favorite LP — the 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the musical magically bursts to life on-stage telling the tale of a pampered Broadway starlet who wants to give up show business to get married, her producer who sets out to sabotage the nuptials, her chaperone, the debonair groom, the dizzy chorine, the Latin lover and a pair of gangsters who double as pastry chefs. Man in Chair's love of The Drowsy Chaperone speaks to anyone who has ever been transported by the theater.