Critical praise for Drowsy!  These are excerpts from the reviews...

Talkin’ Broadway | Theatre Review by John Lariviere

Having seen two national tours of the same show, this one shines for some extraordinarily good directing.

Eileen Faxas is tops as the drunken diva, the Drowsy Chaperone. This is a great role for her to showcase her comedic ability. It is very important that the Drowsy Chaperone takes the stage in her given moments, such as on "As We Stumble Along", and Faxas really delivers.

South Florida Gay News | Review by Mary Damiano

The scene in which Aldolpho (Matt Ban) seduces the titular chaperone (Eileen Faxas) is one of the best in the show.  Faxas also shows she can belt with the best of them on her anthematic “As We Stumble Along.”

EVN Magazine | Theatre Review by Ron Levitt

After you’ve seen a musical on Broadway and given it a “10,” you often expect a regional production to  be awarded hopefully somewhere between a “5” and “8.”  Wrong!!!!   Broward Stage Door’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone definitely has earned a “10.”  It is outstanding.

The Chaperone is drowsy because she doesn’t believe in  Prohibition and likes to imbibe  (a simply show-stopping, wonderful Eileen Faxas).

Curtain Call (live show) on WRPBITV.com

Eileen Faxas did an incredible performance as the Chaperone!

Sun Sentinel | Theatre Review by Comi Zervalis

Incredibly so, this fun-loving musical stretches its thinking cap through romantic fabric.  It weaves itself between the antics of courtships to portray that the pairings of kindred souls can be ritual art.

Of particular note is the final coupling of the black-caped and matador-vested Aldolpho: a swaggering, boastful Vaudevillian boob sent by a show-biz pro to seduce former star Janet Van De Graaf (Laura Oldham) in hopes of fouling her upcoming wedding and winning her back to her career. Instead, however, Aldolpho mistakes the Drowsy Chaperone (three-time Emmy Award-winning television journalist Eileen Faxas) for Miss Van De Graaf.

But Aldolpho and Drowsy, both over-the-top exaggerations of themselves, are perfectly matched and ultimately fall in love. 

Faxas fascinates with a portrayal of the Drowsy Chaperone as a character teetering between poise and debauchery...

Curtain Calls | Theatre Review by Jerry Layton

"The Drowsy Chaperone," the latest tenant at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, is an all-out, laugh yourself silly, clap yourself crazy funfest from beginning to end.

 

The show is written and presented in the most extreme manner for maximum hokum, mayhem and non-stop toe-tapping delight.

To round this out, there is the chaperone herself, not the least bit drowsy, but sharp, smooth and sexy.

The Chaperone (Eileen Faxas) whose job it is to see to it that he groom doesn't see the bride, has the commanding, sultry, powerful voice of the former stars who delivered anthems in shows....

 

MiamiArtZine.com | Theatre Review by James Cubby

This happens to be one of my favorite shows and this production was as impressive and polished as the Broadway National Tour.

Sun Sentinel | by Theatre Reviewer Bill Hirschman

When you're especially fond of an effervescent big-budget musical like "The Drowsy Chaperone," you sit in local productions holding your breath.

But you can exhale at the Broward Stage Door the moment you hear Dan Kelley's wry delivery of the line "I hate theater" and the full-throated tap-dancing cast crooning the opening numbers.

Other than last season's "A Little Night Music," this easily ranks as the best work that Stage Door has produced in years...

MiamiArtZine.com | Theatre Review by Roger Martin

There's a lot of good theatre going on around here this year, and this show is right up there at the top with its excellent direction and strong, talented cast...

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