Two-time Tony Award-nominee Christopher Sieber (Monty Python's Spamalot, Shrek The Musical) will begin performances as Georges in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES on Tuesday, March 15, starring opposite four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein as Albin. Georges will be played by understudy Chris Hoch through Sunday, March 13. The Tony Award-winning revival is playing at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street).
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, who won a 2010 Tony Award for his direction.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES made Tony Awards history last year as the first show to ever win the Tony Award three times for best production. The classic musical comedy won six Tony Awards in 1984, including Best Musical. A Broadway revival won two 2005 Tony Awards including the Best Revival of a Musical prize. LA CAGE won three 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Director of a Musical (
Terry Johnson).
LA CAGE is also the winner of three Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical and Outstanding Costume Design (Matthew Wright), four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, 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 stars
Harvey Fierstein as Albin,
Christopher Sieber as Georges;
Mike McShane as M. Dindon/M. Renaud; Alyce Beasley as Mme. Dindon/Mme. Renaud;
Chris Hoch as Francis;
Elena Shaddow as Anne;
A.J. Shively as Jean-Michel;
Christine Andreas as Jacqueline;
Wilson Jermaine Heredia as Jacob;
Heather Lindell as Colette;
Michael Lowney as Etienne and
Bruce Winant as Tabarro.
Also starring as the notorious and dangerous Cagelles are
Matt Anctil as Angelique,
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.
Georges (
Christopher Sieber) is the suave owner of a glitzy drag club on the French Riviera. Partnered romantically with his high-strung star performer, Albin (
Harvey Fierstein), 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 Broadway production opened at the Longacre Theatre on April 18, 2010.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES 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.
