Jonathan Crombie Returns as Drowsy Chaperone's Man in Chair

Jonathan Crombie, who played Man in Chair in Broadway's The Drowsy Chaperone for four weeks in early 2007, will return to the part on August 21. John Glover will play his final performance in the role on August 19, prior returning to shoot his role on the CW series Smallville.

A native of Canada, Crombie appeared as Gangster #2 in three Toronto incarnations of the show. His Canadian theater credits include Roof Climber's Rebellion, Dishwashers, This Could Be Love, Ouch My Toe, Romeo & Juliet, Oedipus Rex, Hamlet, Comedy of Errors, Arcadia, Last Romantics, What the Butler Saw, Godspell and Wimsey Madders. Crombie is widely known for playing Gilbert Blythe in the popular Canadian mini-series Anne of Green Gables.

The Drowsy Chaperone begins when a die-hard musical-theater fan identified only as Man in Chair plays his favorite cast album, and the musical he's listening to magically bursts to life, telling the tale of a glamorous bride and her uproarious wedding day.

The show is directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Casey Nicholaw, 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, Mara Davi, JoAnn Worley, Peter Bartlett, Troy Britton Johnson and Danny Burstein.