NEW YORK - From Shirley Feeney of TV's "Laverne & Shirley" to Mrs. Tottendale, the ditsy dowager in the Broadway company of the Canadian hit "The Drowsy Chaperone."

On Dec. 11, Cindy Williams joins the cast of the merry musical about a theatre buff who remembers his favourite show - a 1928 confection called "The Drowsy Chaperone" - and the venerable production comes to life.

Bob Saget portrays the fan, known only as Man in Chair, in the Tony Award-winning show with all-Canadian origins - book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and score by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison.

Williams replaces JoAnne Worley (whose last performance is Dec. 9) in the musical at the Marquis Theatre. Besides "Laverne & Shirley," Williams has appeared in such TV series as "For Your Love," "Getting By" and Comedy Central's "Strip Mall."