The Drowsy Chaperone

One of Hornby’s elements that distinguish the musical The Drowsy Chaperone for the fictional Drowsy Chaperone is ambiguity and sequence. In the beginning of the play, The Man basically tells us about him. He tells the audience all his views and opinions on theater, the actors and characters. Throughout the play, we get a good sense of what The Man character is all about. But like in all musicals, the musical story just ended, happily ended. The musical The Drowsy Chaperone leaves us with a happy ending and a handful of question unanswered. For example, the character Trix is only in the very beginning and the very end. What was her purpose? Also did the gangstas just give up on their goal? We do not know.  Also sequence played in. The sequence of the musical jump around because of musical numbers but the fictional story always stayed constant. In musical, the songs jump for idea to idea and sometimes the songs have nothing to do with the plot, like the showstopper. The playwright probably did this to add some comedy. The idea of the story jumping from place makes it confusing but funny.