[MAN IN CHAIR, spoken]
Hello. How are we today? A little quiet? I'm feeling a little blue myself. You know, a little anxious for no particular reason, a little sad that I should feel anxious at this age, you know, a little self-conscious anxiety resulting in non-specific sadness: a state that I call "blue". Anyway, whenever I'm feeling this way, blue, I like to listen to my music. So, I was going through my box of records this morning — yes, records — and what did I find —

[Extracting a record.]

— but one of my favorite shows, Gable and Stein's The Drowsy Chaperone. Remember? Music by Julie Gable, lyrics by Sidney Stein.
Let me read to you what it says on the back of the album — it says: "Mishaps, mayhem, and a gay wedding!" Of course, the phrase "gay wedding" has a different meaning now, but back then it just meant fun! And that's just what this show is — fun.

[He puts the record on the record player. He places the needle.]

Now, let's visualize. Imagine if you will, it's November 1928. You've just arrived at the doors of the Morosco Theatre in New York. It's very cold and a heavy grey sleet is falling from the sky but you don't care because you're going to see a Broadway show! Listen!