La Cage aux Folles (original Broadway production)

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La Cage aux Folles (original Broadway production) is the 1983 Tony Award–winning musical comedy about a gay couple who run a drag nightclub in Saint-Tropez, celebrated for its groundbreaking LGBTQ+ representation and the anthem "I Am What I Am."

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instanceOf Broadway musical production ⓘ
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
awardYear 1984 ⓘ
basedOn La Cage aux Folles (play) ⓘ
linked to: La Cage aux Folles
basedOnWorkBy Jean Poiret ⓘ
bookBy Harvey Fierstein ⓘ
choreographer Scott Salmon ⓘ
closedOnBroadway 1987-11-15 ⓘ
composer Jerry Herman ⓘ
costumeDesigner Theoni V. Aldredge ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Arthur Laurents ⓘ
featuresSong I Am What I Am ⓘ
The Best of Times ⓘ
We Are What We Are ⓘ
genre LGBTQ+ musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
hasTheme family acceptance ⓘ
gay rights ⓘ
identity and self-acceptance ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lightingDesigner Beverly Emmons ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
lyricist Jerry Herman ⓘ
musicalDirector Donald Pippin ⓘ
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Choreography ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design ⓘ
notableFor anthem I Am What I Am ⓘ
groundbreaking LGBTQ+ representation on Broadway ⓘ
openedOnBroadway 1983-08-21 ⓘ
orchestrator Don Pippin ⓘ
originalCastMember Jay Garner ⓘ
John Femia ⓘ
John Weiner ⓘ
Lynette Perry ⓘ
Merle Louise ⓘ
Walter Charles ⓘ
William Thomas Jr. ⓘ
originalLeadActor Gene Barry ⓘ
George Hearn ⓘ
originalLeadActorRole Albin / Zaza ⓘ
linked to: Albin

Georges ⓘ
previewsBegan 1983-08-05 ⓘ
producer Allan Carr ⓘ
Barry K. Brown ⓘ
Cy Feuer ⓘ
Ernest H. Martin ⓘ
Fifi Oscard ⓘ
Kenneth D. Greenblatt ⓘ
Martin Richards ⓘ
Morton Swinsky ⓘ
runLengthPerformances 1761 ⓘ
setDesigner David Mitchell ⓘ
setting Saint-Tropez ⓘ
subject gay couple ⓘ
theatre Palace Theatre (Broadway) ⓘ

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Arthur Laurents → directedStageProduction → La Cage aux Folles (original Broadway production) ⓘ
Allan Carr → notableWork → La Cage aux Folles (Broadway production) ⓘ
linked to: La Cage aux Folles (original Broadway production)
Peter Howard → workedOn → Broadway production "La Cage aux Folles" ⓘ
linked to: La Cage aux Folles (original Broadway production)
The Best of Times → includedIn → La Cage aux Folles original cast recording ⓘ
linked to: La Cage aux Folles (original Broadway production)
Albin → createdFor → La Cage aux Folles (1983 Broadway musical) ⓘ
linked to: La Cage aux Folles (original Broadway production)