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La Cage aux Folles, 1983

Shows · La Cage aux Folles · Palace Theatre, 1983

La Cage aux Folles
We hold no picture of this staging. This one is filed against La Cage aux Folles and could document any of its runs. None
Original BroadwayPalace Theatre 1,761 performances6 Tony Awards

The run closed November 15, 1987

Opened
August 21, 1983
Closed
November 15, 1987
Performances
1,761
Previews
Unknown

Of the 464 productions we hold that opened in the 1980s and carry a performance count, this is the 5th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of La Cage aux Folles 2 more that season

2004 Marquis Theatre Revival · Jerry Zaks 229 perf.
2010 Longacre Theatre Revival · Terry Johnson 433 perf.

Who was in it54 named

Brian Kelly
Sydney Anderson
David Cahn
Dennis Callahan
Betsy Craig
Frank di Pasquale
John Dolf
David Engel
David Evans
Linda Haberman
Eric Lamp
Jack Neubeck
Dan O Grady
Deborah Phelan
Jay Pierce
Marie Santell
David Scala
Sam Singhaus
Mark Waldrop
Ken Ward
Steeve Arlen
Bill Burns
Keith Allen
Mace Barrett
Robert Brubach
Darrell Carey
Pamela Cecil
Lynn Faro
K Craig Innes
Suzanne Ishee
David Jackson
Shannon Lee Jones
David Klatt
Juliette Kurth
Eric Underwood
Kyle Whyte

18 of these 54 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 36 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name, so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director
Arthur Laurents
Choreographer
Scott Salmon
Producer
Allan Carr

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

Tony Awards 6 from 9 nominations

Best Musical Won

Recordings 4 held for the work

None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against La Cage aux Folles, and nothing says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.

Around this production

La Cage aux Folles , The Broadway Musical,
  • By 1985, ticket prices for most musicals were up to $45.00, with La Cage getting $47.50. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 12
  • La Cage aux Folles was the first musical to charge $47.50 for orchestra seats. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 260
  • Zaks, Jerry Anything Goes Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Guys and Dolls La Cage aux Folles Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 387
  • Mitchell, Jerry Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Full Monty, The Gypsy Hairspray La Cage aux Folles Legally Blonde Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 390
  • La Cage aux Folles $5 million. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 22

Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.

What this page does not know

  • No photograph of this staging.
  • No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
  • Which of the 4 recordings of La Cage aux Folles document this run, if any.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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