The run closed June 26, 2005
- Opened
- December 9, 2004
- Closed
- June 26, 2005
- Performances
- 229
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Marquis Theatre
Of the 395 productions we hold that opened in the 2000s and record a performance count, this is the 84th 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
Patty Goble
Brad Musgrove
Eric Otte
Andy Pellick
T Oliver Reid
Jermaine R Rembert
Charlie Sutton
Will Taylor
Josh Walden
Emma Zaks
13 of these 28 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 15 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.
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. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for La Cage aux Folles at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.