The Drowsy Chaperone

I was very confused by exactly what the question Dr. Fletcher was asking for this one, so I am going to do the best I can. 

Usually in those old fashioned musicals, there is a rather fluid rhythm and tempo from scene to scene with music blending one scene into the next.  I feel like if we were only analyzing the show within a show Drowsy Chaperone, it would have that sort of rhythm and tempo.  Looking at it as this particular script is written, though changes the rhythm and tempo completely!  Instead of it being about Janet and Robert, it is about the Man.  The first time I read it, it was really easy for me to get completely caught up in just the story of the play within the play, but I realize that that is a mistake.  I almost just ignored the Man at first.  Maybe when you are actually watching the show, the story of the man is a bit easier to focus on and see without having to delve deeper, but just reading it I just kind of tuned him out a lot of the time.  However, his inputs, interactions with the characters (even though they obviously do not interact back with him), and the quick stops and changes are very significant as well.  It changes the mood of the play to have many of the significant scenes abruptly interrupted.  I’m planning on using this show for Analysis 5, so I am going to be looking at these abrupt stops and interruptions much more when I begin to work on that a little bit more.