Christopher Sieber and Harvey Fierstein have taken over the lead roles in Tony-winning Broadway revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (photo by Joan Marcus)
Longacre Theater
220 West 48th St. between Broadway & Eighth Ave.
Tickets: $47.50 – $79.50 with this special offer
www.lacage.com
La Cage Aux Folles began its life as a 1973 French play written by and starring Jean Poiret with Michel Serrault, about a young man who is introducing his fiancée’s conservative parents to his father and his father’s rather flamboyant drag-performing lover. Five years later it was turned into a film by Édouard Molinaro starring Ugo Tognazzi and Serrault, and in 1983 it became a hit Broadway musical, winning six Tonys, including Best Book of a Musical (Harvey Fierstein), Best Original Score (Jerry Herman), and Best Musical. In 1996, Mike Nichols remade the original film as The Birdcage, with Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, and Gene Hackman. And now the musical is back on Broadway, in a new production at the Longacre Theatre that earned 2010 Tonys for Best Musical Revival as well as Best Actor (Douglas Hodge) and Best Director (Terry Johnson).
The cast has just undergone a number of changes, the most exciting of which has Fierstein playing Albin/Zaza for the first time ever; in addition, Christopher Sieber is the new Georges, replacing Jeffrey Tambor, who lasted a mere nine days taking over for Tony nominee Kelsey Grammer; other current cast members include A. J. Shively as Jean-Michel, Mike McShane as M. Renaud/M. Dindon, Alyce Beasley as Mme. Dindon/Mme. Renaud, Wilson Jermaine Heredia as Jacob, and Elena Shaddow as Anne. La Cage Aux Folles, which features such songs as “We Are What We Are,” “I Am What I Am,” “Song on the Sand,” “Masculinity,” and “The Best of Times,” is currently running a special discount offer that saves you forty percent, but twi-ny also has two pairs of tickets to give away for free, good for Tuesdays at 8:00, Wednesdays at 2:30 and 8:00, Thursdays at 8:00, and Saturdays at 2:30 through May 1. To be eligible to win, just send your name and daytime phone number to contest@twi-ny.com by Monday, April 4, at 12 noon. All entrants must be twenty-one years of age or older; two winners will be selected at random.