La Cage Aux Folles - Softcover

Jerry Herman; Harvey Fierstein

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573681635 ISBN 13: 9780573681639

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc, 2010

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Based on the play by Jean Poiret

Casting: 7m, 3f, w/chorus of 10m, 2f

Scenery: Various Sets

WINNER! Best Revival of a Musical - 2010 Tony� Awards!

WINNER! Outstanding Revival of a Musical - 2010 Outer Critics Circle Award

WINNER! Outstanding Revival of a Musical - 2010 Drama Desk Award

WINNER! Best Musical - 1984 Tony� Awards!

Much revived, most recently in a 2010 production transferred to Broadway from London's Menier Chocolate Factory, La Cage Aux Folles remains one of the all time biggest hits, adding new dimension to the boulevard comedy. After twenty years of un-wedded bliss Georges and Albin, two men partnered for better-or-worse get a bit of both when Georges' son (fathered during a one-night fling) announces his impending marriage to the daughter of a bigoted, right-wing politician. Further complicating the situation is the 'family business': Albin and Georges run a transvestite nightclub in St. Tropez, where Albin is the "star" performer 'Zaza'. Georges reluctantly agrees to masquerade as "normal" when he meets the family of the bride-to-be. But Albin has other plans, with hilarious results.

"This is Jerry Herman's best musical yet-happier, more assertive, more buoyant than Hello Dolly! or Mame."-New York Post

"The schmaltziest, most old fashioned major musical since Annie. Highly enjoyable."-The New York Times

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About the Author:

Harvey Fierstein is a four-time Tony Award-winning writer, actor, and gay-rights activist. In 1983, he received two Tonys for writing and starring in "Torch Song Trilogy", received a third Tony the following year for writing "La Cage aux Folle, "and another in 2003 for Best Actor in" Hairspray". Film audiences know him best for his scene-stealing antics in "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Independence Day", and he lent his trademark gravelly voice to Disney s "Mulan" as Mulan s soldier friend. He has made numerous TV appearances, including an Emmy-nominated appearance on "Cheers" and on a classic episode of "The Simpsons" as Homer s assistant, Karl. Children know him as the Easter Bunny from the Emmy-winning "Elmo Saves Christmas". Harvey also wrote the book for the play Kinky Boots", which won the 2013 Tony for Best Musical.

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