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Katie Couric speaks with Kelsey Grammer, Tony Award nominee for "La Cage aux Folles." Grammer talks about playing Dr. Frasier Crane, overcoming personal tragedies, and being a conservative in Hollywood.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES opened on Broadway to rave reviews on April 18. The production has been nominated for 11 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical (Kelsey Grammer), Best Actor in a Musical (
Douglas Hodge), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Robin De Jesús), Best Direction of a Musical (Terry Johnson), Best Choreography (
Lynne Page), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (
Tim Shortall), Best Costume Design of a Musical (Matthew Wright), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (
Nick Richings), Best Sound Design of a Musical (
Jonathan Deans) and Best Orchestrations (Jason Carr).
LA CAGE is 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 stars five-time Emmy Award-winner
Kelsey Grammer as Georges; Olivier Award-winner
Douglas Hodge as Albin;
Fred Applegate as M. Dindon/M. Renaud; Tony nominee
Veanne Cox as Mme. Dindon/Mme. Renaud;
Chris Hoch as Francis;
Elena Shaddow as Anne; A.J. Shively as Jean-Michel; two-time Tony nominee
Christine Andreas as Jacqueline; two-time Tony nominee Robin De Jesús (In the Heights) 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,
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 freshly reconceived 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 ($132.50 - $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 will be Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 7:00 PM, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:30 PM. Special Sunday matinee time on June 13 at 2:00 PM. Beginning June 20, Sunday matinees at 3:00 PM.
For more information, visit
www.LaCage.com.
