The release is billed as the first Broadway cast album to appear in vinyl LP form in nearly 20 years.

In the Tony Award-winning show now at the Marquis Theatre, a theatre maven named Man in Chair (played by Bob Martin) holds up the record sleeve of his favorite 33-rpm LP cast album — 1928's The Drowsy Chaperone — and puts a needle on the platter and shares the experience with the audience. The show comes to life around him in his dreary studio apartment.

On Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, fans of the show can have the same experience while listening to their very own 33-rpm LP, which can be purchased at the Marquis Theatre or online at www.GhostlightRecords.com.

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At left (from top): Bob Martin and Sutton Foster sign a copy of the vinyl album; Georgia Engel and Angela Pupello; Lenny Wolpe and Danny Burstein; Joey Sorge and Jennifer Smith; Kecia Lewis Evans and Eddie Korbich.

Below: Troy Britton Johnson, Beth Leavel and Ghostlight Records president Kurt Deutsch celebrate the upcoming release of the limited edition The Drowsy Chaperone album.

photos by Aubrey Reuben