Barrington Stage Company Announces Casting For LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Barrington Stage Company is pleased to launch its 30th anniversary season with a new production of the multi-Tony Award-winning musical, La Cage aux Folles. The production will play June 11th-July 6th on the Boyd-Quinson Stage . Opening night is Sunday, June 16th at 3:00 PM.
With a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman , La Cage aux Folles is based on the play by Jean Poirot that also inspired the 1978 French film of the same name and its American remake, The Birdcage, starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. BSC’s production will be directed by Mike Donahue and choreographed by Paul McGill . The original Broadway production of La Cage aux Folles opened in 1983 and won six Tony Awards in 1984, including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical . Two subsequent Broadway revivals won Best Revival of a Musical in 2005 and 2010, respectively. La Cage aux Folles is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
Set in St. Tropez on the French Riviera, La Cage aux Folles is a riotous and touching musical comedy about a gay couple, Georges and Albin, who must disguise themselves for one night in order to impress a local ultra-conservative politician who is threatening to shut down the couple’s drag nightclub where Georges serves as Emcee and Albin as the star attraction, Zaza.
The production will star Alex Michaels, aka Alexis Michelle as Albin and Tom Story as Georges.
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