“The Drowsy Chaperone” doesn’t just invite hammy excess. This utterly bonkers musical demands it, and the Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s 16-member cast are only too happy to oblige.
The idea for the play, now getting a production at the Huntington, sprouted from conversations playwright Lloyd Suh and director May Adrales shared about their own mothers' immigration experiences.
John Minigan, a playwright who’s been quoted as saying that “Shakespeare is the wallpaper of my mind,” has written a play full of characters that the bard might have invented