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La Cage aux Folles, 2004

Shows · La Cage aux Folles · Marquis Theatre, 2004

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
Revival BroadwayMarquis Theatre 229 performances

The run closed June 26, 2005

Opened
December 9, 2004
Closed
June 26, 2005
Performances
229
Previews
Unknown

Of the 397 productions we hold that opened in the 2000s and carry a performance count, this is the 86th 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

1983 Palace Theatre Original · Arthur Laurents 1,761 perf.
2010 Longacre Theatre Revival · Terry Johnson 433 perf.

Who was in it28 named

John Shuman
Adrian Bailey
Paul Canaan
Joey Dudding
Christopher Freeman
Brad Musgrove
Eric Otte
Andy Pellick
T Oliver Reid
Jermaine R Rembert
Charlie Sutton
Will Taylor
Josh Walden
Emma Zaks

14 of these 28 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 14 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
Jerry Zaks
Choreographer
Jerry Mitchell

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.

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 (French pronunciation: [la kaʒ o fɔl]) is a musical with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and a book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the 1973 French play of the same name, the show tells the story of a gay couple, Georges, the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and Albin, his romantic partner and star attraction; farcical adventures ensue when household dynamics intersect with an ultra-conservative politician. Opening on Broadway in 1983, La Cage broke barriers for gay representation by becoming the first hit Broadway musical centered on a homosexual relationship. The show's act one finale "I Am What I Am" received praise as a "gay anthem" and…

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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