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La Cage Aux Folles

Musical

Writers: Harvey Fierstein Jerry Herman Jean Poiret

Overview

Show Information

Music
Lyrics
Based on the Play/Book/Film
Jean Poiret’s 1973 French stage play of the same name
Category
Musical
Number of Acts
2
Tony Award®
Best Musical 1984
First Produced
1983
Genres
Comedy
Settings
Multiple Settings
Time & Place
st. tropez, france, summer in the 1980s
Cast Size
medium
Orchestra Size
Large
Dancing
Heavy

Synopsis

Georges is the owner of the La Cage Aux Folles nightclub, which features a drag show starring his partner and the love of his life, Albin. After twenty years of un-wedded bliss, Georges and his partner Albin face the hardest challenge of their relationship, yet: meeting their son, Jean-Michel’s fiance’s parents. Albin has always raised Jean-Michel, Georges� biological son, as his own. But when Jean-Michel falls in love and becomes engaged to the daughter of an ultra-conservative, anti-gay politician, Georges feels compelled to try to present a more “traditional� family to Jean-Michel’s potential in-laws. When Albin tries and fails to take on a masculine persona in the role of Uncle Al, he gets more creative in order to find a way to be part of the “meet the parents� experience. Based on Jean Poiret’s 1973 French play of the same name, the multi-Tony award-winning La Cage Aux Folles is a musical filled with delightful spectacle and great heart.

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