John Glover to Join The Drowsy Chaperone in April as Man in Chair

Tony Award winner John Glover will assume the role of Man in Chair in the Broadway production The Drowsy Chaperone in April on a date to be announced later, replacing Bob Martin. As previously announced, Martin, a 2006 Tony nominee for his performance and Tony winner for the show's book, will reprise his role in the upcoming West End production of the hit musical, which begins previews on May 14 at the Novello Theatre in London.

Glover, who recently starred in the off-Broadway production of Jon Robin Baitz's The Paris Letter, won a 1995 Tony for the dual role of John and James Jeckyll in Terrence McNally's Love! Valour! Compassion! and recreated his roles in the film version. A five-time Emmy Award nominee, Glover is known to television audiences for his recurring role as Lionel Luthor on the CW series Smallville. Last season, he appeared in the world premiere of McNally's Some Men at the Philadelphia Theatre Company and received a Barrymore Award nomination. Other Broadway credits include Design for Living, Whodunnit, Frankenstein, The Importance of Being Earnest, Holiday, Chemin De Fer, The Visit, Don Juan and The Great God Brown. Off-Broadway credits include The Winter's Tale, Sorrows and Rejoicings, Oblivion Postponed, Digby, Give Me Your Answer Do, A Scent of Flowers, Rebel Women, The House of Blue Leaves, The Fairy Garden, Subject to Fits, Criminal Minds and Treats. On film, Glover has appeared in Payback, Batman and Robin, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Gremlins II, Scrooged, Masquerade, The Chocolate War, Rocket Gilbraltar, 52 Pick-Up, White Nights, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Melvin and Howard, Julia and Annie Hall.

To chase his blues away, a modern-day musical theater addict known simply as Man in Chair drops the needle on his favorite cast album, the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the musical bursts to life on stage, telling the tale of a glamorous bride and her uproarious wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises.

The Drowsy Chaperone is directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Casey Nicholaw Spamalot, with music and lyrics by Tony winners Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Tony winners Don McKellar and Martin. The Broadway production stars Beth Leavel, Sutton Foster, Georgia Engel, Peter Bartlett, Troy Britton Johnson and Danny Burstein.