PS Classics to Record Tony-Winning La Cage aux Folles Revival
July 27, 2010
PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record the 2010 Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles – featuring Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer and Tony winner Douglas Hodge – Aug. 5 and 6 for a late September release.
LA CAGE Plays 100th Performance On Broadway 7/14
July 13, 2010
La Cage aux Folles, winner of three 2010 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, will play its 100th performance on Broadway Wednesday, July 14 at 8:00 PM. The critically acclaimed production is playing at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street).
LA CAGE WINS 3 TONY AWARDS®!
June 14, 2010
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
BEST ACTOR – DOUGLAS HODGE
BEST DIRECTOR – TERRY JOHNSON
The 2010 Tony Awards ceremony was presented June 13th at Radio City Musical Hall by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. La Cage won three Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival.
Jerry Herman tastes success anew with La Cage aux Folles
May 26, 2010
Three decades ago, Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly!, Mame) went to see the French film La Cage aux Folles, a comedy about a gay couple – a manager of a drag nightclub in St. Tropez and his lover, the club's star attraction – and what happens when the manager's son brings home his fiancée's very conservative family.
LA CAGE WINS 3 DRAMA DESK AWARDS!
May 24, 2010
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
BEST ACTOR - DOUGLAS HODGE
BEST COSTUME DESIGN - MATTHEW WRIGHT
Winners of the 2010 Drama Desk Awards were announced on May 23 at LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The Drama Desk is an organization of theatre critics, writers and editors that honors excellence in all areas of New York theatre: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and not-for-profit. La Cage Aux Folles took home three awards.
LA CAGE WINS DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL!
May 21, 2010
Winners of the 76th Annual Drama League Awards were announced May 21. La Cage took home the prize for Best Musical Revival!
LA CAGE WINS 4 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS!
May 17, 2010
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
BEST ACTOR - DOUGLAS HODGE
BEST DIRECTOR - TERRY JOHNSON
BEST COSTUME DESIGN - MATTHEW WRIGHT
Winners of the 60th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, which honor the best in Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre, were announced May 17. La Cage Aux Folles won four awards, the most of any production of the season.
La Cage Stops by 'Good Morning America!'
May 14, 2010
Tony Award nominees Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge chat with Robin Roberts and perform 'With You On My Arm' on ABC's 'Good Morning America.'
LA CAGE TOPS NOMINEE LIST FOR TONY AWARDS®!
May 4, 2010
The Tony Awards Nominations were announced this morning on Tuesday, May 4th. The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 13, 2010. For more information on the Tony Awards, please visit TonyAwards.com.
La Cage received 11 Tony Award Nominations!
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
BEST LEADING ACTOR - Kelsey Grammer
BEST LEADING ACTOR - Douglas Hodge
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL - Terry Johnson
BEST FEATURED ACTOR - Robin De Jesús
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY - Lynne Page
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS - Jason Carr
BEST SCENIC DESIGN - Tim Shortall
BEST COSTUME DESIGN - Matthew Wright
BEST LIGTING DESIGN - Nick Richings
BEST SOUND DESIGN - Jonathan Deans
La Cage Receives 7 Drama Desk Nominations!
May 3, 2010
Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning actors Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, Man of La Mancha) and Cady Huffman (The Producers, Will Rogers Follies) announced the nominations for the 55th annual Drama Desk Awards May 3 at 9:30 AM at the New York Friars Club. Tony winner Patti LuPone will host the May 23 awards ceremony at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.
La Cage is nominated for 7 Drama Desk Awards!
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
BEST ACTOR - Douglas Hodge
BEST DIRECTOR - Terry Johnson
BEST FEATURED ACTOR - Robin De Jesús
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY - Lynne Page
BEST COSTUME DESIGN - Matthew Wright
BEST SOUND DESIGN - Jonathan Deans
Kelsey Grammer On The Martha Stewart Show
April 29, 2010
On today's edition of "The Martha Stewart Show", actor Kelsey Grammer joined daytime host Martha Stewart in-studio to make two classic French dishes - croque monsieur and oeufs en cocotte.
Regis Philbin Dresses Up - La Cage Style!
April 29, 2010
On "Live with Regis and Kelly," Kelsey Grammer and the La Cage Cagelles help Regis Philbin bring out his inner beauty during his recent visit backstage at the Longacre Theatre. The Cagelles also performed the show-stopping opening number, "We Are What We Are" for the program's Broadway Week.
LA CAGE NOMINATED FOR 4 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
April 26, 2010
Brother and sister Broadway stars Hunter Foster and Tony winner Sutton Foster announced the nominees for the 60th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards – which honor the best in Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre – April 26 at the Algonquin Hotel. The winners of the following categories will be announced on Monday, May 17th and the annual awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 27th (4PM) at the legendary Sardi's Restaurant.
La Cage received 4 award nominations in the following categories:
Best Musical Revival
Best Actor - Douglas Hodge
Best Director - Terry Johnson
Best Costume Design - Matthew Wright
Meet Douglas Hodge, the Breakout Star of La Cage aux Folles
April 22, 2010
How does an Olivier Award-winning classical actor go decades without ever making it to Broadway? "It is odd," Hodge says, relaxing in his powder blue dressing room at the Longacre Theatre. "I did endless Pinter plays, all of which were supposed to come here, and Guys and Dolls, which very nearly came but didn't. And now here I am, in a great American musical."
LA CAGE NOMINATED FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, HODGE AND GRAMMER NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR
April 20, 2010
The Drama League, the New York City theatre advocacy organization, announced nominations for the 76th Annual Drama League Awards, to be presented at a ceremony and luncheon May 21. La Cage Aux Folles received 3 nominations: BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, BEST ACTOR - KELSEY GRAMMER, and BEST ACTOR - DOUGLAS HODGE.
Photo Coverage: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Opening Night!
April 19, 2010
The critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES opened Sunday, April 18 at the Longacre Theatre to RAVE reviews! Here are photos from the opening night red carpet and curtain call!
Drag and Drop Dead Gorgeous
April 18, 2010
Douglas Hodge is transformed from his own face into that of Zaza, the stage name of his character, Albin, in the new Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles.
From A Tiny London Stage, Big Musical Hits
April 16, 2010
On April 18, a new production of La Cage aux Folles opens on Broadway, right across the street from a hit revival of A Little Night Music. Both shows began their lives at the Menier Chocolate Factory, a tiny London theater that has become a powerhouse for revivals of American musicals.
A Man of Pinter...Sings in a Wig
April 13, 2010
At a rehearsal of the Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles this month the British actor Douglas Hodge paused during the number "The Best of Times" to hash out a detail with the director, Terry Johnson. Mr. Hodge asked if he could improvise where to sit on the lip of the stage as he banters with the audience midway through the song.
Photo Flash: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES on Broadway!
April 12, 2010
The critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning production of La Cage Aux Folles opens Sunday, April 18 at the Longacre Theatre.
"The Best of Times Is Now": La Cage Aux Folles Returns to Broadway April 6
April 6, 2010
Stage and screen star Kelsey Grammer is Georges opposite the Albin of Olivier Award winner Douglas Hodge in the new Broadway mounting of the critically acclaimed Menier Chocolate Factory production of La Cage Aux Folles, which begins previews April 6 at the Longacre Theatre. It will open April 18.
Kelsey Grammer goes inside La Cage
April 2, 2010
Actor Kelsey Grammer, famous for playing Seattle shrink Frasier Crane, takes on a new role in the Broadway revival of La Cage Aux Folles. He chats with Today's Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.
Table Seating Now on Sale for LA CAGE AUX FOLLES!
March 25, 2010
Every night at the critically acclaimed Olivier Award-winning production of La Cage aux Folles, a small group of very lucky theatergoers will get to watch the production from a unique vantage point: at one of four cabaret tables located in the front of the orchestra. There, they will experience La Cage as never before - closer to the dazzling splendor of the production's stars, five-time Emmy Award-winner Kelsey Grammer and Olivier Award-winner Douglas Hodge and in a position where the notorious and dangerous Cagelles will be even more notorious and a little more dangerous.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Next Republican President
March 21, 2010
Kelsey Grammer is a fervent conservative, recovering cocaine addict, and paranormal enthusiast who just might run for office. (Politicians have had more baroque baggage.) But first he's playing gay on Broadway.
La Cage aux Folles Box Office Opens
March 16
March 16, 2010
The box office at the Longacre Theatre, the home of the upcoming Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles, opens for business March 16.
LA CAGE Blog: Sean Patrick Doyle's
First Entry
March 15, 2010
Bon soir, bon soir! Welcome to a blog about all things La Cage Aux Folles. "What legend has told and rumour has promised, we shall do our utmost to deliver!"
UP ON THE MARQUEE: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Complete!
February 9, 2010
The Olivier Award-winning Menier Chocolate Factory production of the Tony Award-winning musical LA CAGE AUX FOLLES begins previews on April 6, 2010 and opens on April 18, 2010 at Broadway's Longacre Theatre. Last week we brought you "under construction" shots of the marquee, and today we bring you the finished product!
Robin de Jesus, Veanne Cox, Elena Shaddow & More Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
February 3, 2010
In the Heights original cast member Robin de Jesus and Broadway vets Veanne Cox and Elena Shaddow are among newly announced cast members who will join Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge in the forthcoming Broadway revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES.
It's Official: Kelsey Grammer to Make Broadway Musical Debut in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES!
November 30, 2009
Five-time Emmy Award-winning star Kelsey Grammer will make his Broadway musical debut opposite Olivier Award-winner Douglas Hodge in the Tony Award and Oliver Award-winning musical comedy, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. The acclaimed Menier Chocolate Factory production that dazzled London will begin previews on April 6, 2010 and open on April 18, 2010 at Broadway's Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street).
Longacre Will Be London La Cage's Broadway Home; Previews to Begin April 6, 2010
September 14, 2010
London's critically acclaimed Menier Chocolate Factory production of Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein's hit musical La Cage aux Folles will open April 18, 2010, at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway, the producers announced on September 14.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES to Open at Longacre Theatre
September 14, 2010
The upcoming Broadway revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES will play Broadway's Longacre Theatre (which is currently home to the limited run of BURN THE FLOOR) with previews beginning April 6, 2010 and opening April 18, 2010.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Books Longacre Theatre
September 14, 2009
The forthcoming Broadway revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES will find a home at the Longacre Theatre, with previews set to begin on April 6, 2010. The production, which began life at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory and went on to win 2009 Olivier Awards for Best Revival and for Broadway-bound star Douglas Hodge, is set to open on April 18, directed by Terry Johnson.
Emmy Winner Kelsey Grammer Will Star in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Revival
November 30, 2009
Stage and screen actor Kelsey Grammer, best known for his Emmy-winning work on TV's "Frasier," will co-star in the upcoming Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles.
The Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th Street, New York, NY, 10036.