LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Musical, broke the house record at the Longacre Theatre last week for the third time. The show grossed $747,615.62 at the 1,057-seat playhouse for the week ending June 27, breaking its previous record of $687,824.90 for the week ending June 20.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES won three 2010 Tony Awards, for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical (
Douglas Hodge) and Best Director of a Musical (
Terry Johnson). LA CAGE also made Tony Awards history as the first show to ever win the Tony Award three times for best production, with wins for Best Musical in 1984 and Best Revival of a Musical for the current production and a previous production in 2005.
The freshly reconceived LA CAGE is also the winner of three Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (
Douglas Hodge) and Outstanding Costume Design (
Matthew Wright), four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (
Douglas Hodge), Outstanding Director of a Musical (
Terry Johnson) and Outstanding Costume Design (
Matthew Wright) and the Drama League Award for Distinguished Revival of a Musical.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES opened on Broadway to rave reviews on April 18 at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street). The production stars
Kelsey Grammer as Georges;
Douglas Hodge as Albin;
Fred Applegate as M. Dindon/M. Renaud;
Veanne Cox as Mme. Dindon/Mme. Renaud;
Chris Hoch as Francis;
Elena Shaddow as Anne;
A.J. Shively as Jean-Michel;
Christine Andreas as Jacqueline; Robin De Jesús as Jacob;
Heather Lindell as Colette;
Bill Nolte as Tabarro and
David Nathan Perlow as Etienne.
Also starring as the notorious and dangerous Cagelles are
Nick Adams as Angelique,
Sean A. Carmon as Phaedra,
Nicholas Cunningham as Hanna,
Sean Patrick Doyle as Chantal,
Yurel Echezarreta as Phaedra,
Logan Keslar as Bitelle and
Terry Lavell as Mercedes. The production also features
Christophe Caballero,
Todd Lattimore,
Dale Hensley,
Caitlin Mundth and
Cheryl Stern.
Douglas Hodge and
Nicholas Cunningham are appearing with the permission of
Actors' Equity Association. The producers gratefully acknowledge
Actors' Equity Association for its assistance to this production.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES features music and lyrics by
Jerry Herman and book by
Harvey Fierstein, based on the play by
Jean Poiret. This production is choreographed by
Lynne Page and directed by
Terry Johnson.
Georges (
Kelsey Grammer) is the suave owner of a glitzy drag club on the French Riviera. Partnered romantically with his high-strung star performer, Albin (
Douglas Hodge), the pair live a charmed life-until Georges' son announces his engagement to the daughter of a conservative right-wing politician who's coming to dinner.
The original production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES was one of Broadway's biggest hits of the 1980s. It opened August 21, 1983 at the Palace Theatre, where it played for over four years and 1,761 performances. The show won six Tony Awards in 1984, including Best Musical, Best Score (
Jerry Herman) and Best Book (
Harvey Fierstein).
The new production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES played from November 23, 2007 to March 8, 2008 at the
Menier Chocolate Factory, earning across the board raves and moving to the West End's Playhouse Theatre on October 30, 2008, where it was nominated for seven 2009 Olivier Awards, winning for Best Musical Revival and Best Actor in a Musical for
Douglas Hodge and won the 2009 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical.
The production features set design by
Tim Shortall, costume design by
Matthew Wright, lighting design by
Nick Richings, sound design by
Jonathan Deans and wig and makeup design by
Richard Mawbey. Musical supervision, orchestrations and dance arrangements are by
Jason Carr. Musical director is
Todd Ellison.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES is produced by
Sonia Friedman Productions,
David Babani, Fran and
Barry Weissler and
Edwin W. Schloss, Bartner/Tulchin,
Broadway Across America,
Matthew Mitchell, Raise the Roof 4
Richard Winkler/Bensinger Taylor/Laudenslager Bergère,
Arlene Scanlan/
John O'Boyle,
Independent Presenters Network,
Olympus Theatricals,
Allen Spivak,
Jerry Frankel/
Bat-Barry Productions, Nederlander Presentations, Inc/
Harvey Weinstein.
Tickets ($140.00 - $36.50; Premium $251.50; Table Seating $251.50) are on sale through Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200, online at www.telecharge.com/lacage and at the Longacre Theatre box office (220 West 48th Street). Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:30 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM.
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