Post-Tonys Drowsy Chaperone Box Office Gets Wake Up Calls — Worth $700,000

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News Post-Tonys Drowsy Chaperone Box Office Gets Wake Up Calls — Worth $700,000 The Drowsy Chaperone may not have taken the Best Musical Tony Award June 11, but its five wins and videogenic musical number helped bring in $700,000 immediately following the broadcast.

By Kenneth Jones

June 13, 2006

//assets.playbill.com/editorial/d28048d2cfa2b1f3cca3e41f57647332-dchap1.jpg — Tony winner Beth Leavel in *The Drowsy Chaperone*. Photo by Joan Marcus

Following the Sunday Tony telecast on CBS (and as of 3 PM June 12), Drowsy prompted more than four times the usual Monday take, a spokesman said.

Variety reported that the musical comedy at the Marquis Theater now has an advance of $10 million.

The Drowsy Chaperone won 2006 Tonys in the categories of Best Score (Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison), Best Book (Don McKellar and Bob Martin), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Beth Leavel), Best Costumes (Gregg Barnes) and Best Scenic Design of a Musical (David Gallo).

At the Tony Awards, the company performed "Show Off," a flashy comic number featuring Tony nominee Sutton Foster.