La Cage aux Folles
Aug. 8-14 Absolutely fabulous.
Performances at 8:15 p.m. nightly
The Muny presents La Cage aux Folles, Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman’s hilarious romp about complicated family dynamics, for the first time in nearly four decades. After 20 years together, things turn rocky for Georges and Albin when their son becomes engaged to the daughter of a politician. Adding to the tension is the couple’s drag nightclub in Saint-Tropez, where Albin stars as “Zaza.” This musical theatre triumph, which inspired the 1996 film The Birdcage, features memorable tunes such as “I Am What I Am,” “The Best of Times” and “A Little More Mascara.”
Book by Harvey Fierstein • Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman • Based on the Play by Jean Poiret
Music Supervision and Vocal Arrangements by Donald Pippin • Orchestrations by Jim Tyler • Dance Music Arranged by G. Harrell
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Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Director
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Richard J. Hinds
Choreographer
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Darryl Archibald
Music Director/Conductor
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Matthew Buttrey
Scenic Designer
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Bobby Pearce
Costume Designer
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Adam Honoré
Lighting Designer
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John Shivers
Sound Designer
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David Patridge
Sound Designer
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Kylee Loera
Video Designer
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Greg Emetaz
Video Designer
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Tommy Kurzman
Wig Designer
Cast
NORM LEWIS
Georges
can currently be seen onstage starring in the off-Broadway production of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men. He recently completed the national tour of the Tony Award-winning production of A Soldier’s Play and starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning West End concert of Love Never Dies. Mr. Lewis last appeared on Broadway in fall 2021, starring in Chicken and Biscuits at the Circle in the Square Theatre. He received several award nominations for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and in 2014 made history as the first Black Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. He is an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and SAG award nominee for his work onstage, on screen and in music. Mr. Lewis is a proud founding member of Black Theatre United.
MICHAEL JAMES SCOTT
Albin
currently stars as The Genie in Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway, a role he also originated in the Australian production, which earned him a Helpmann Award. He’s best known for originating “the Maggots Guy” in The Book of Mormon and The Minstrel in Something Rotten! on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include Aladdin (original company), Hair (original revival company), All Shook Up (original company), The Pirate Queen (original company), Elf (original company), Mamma Mia! and Tarzan. Additional theatre credits include Aladdin (The Genie) and Hair on the West End, Fosse (international tour), Jerry Springer: The Opera (Carnegie Hall) and Jersey Boys (Las Vegas). TV credits include Black Monday, The Carrie Diaries and Independent Woman. He can be heard as the voice for Disney Cruise Line’s The Wish campaign, on many original Broadway cast albums, studio recordings and his holiday album, A Fierce Christmas, on Spotify and iTunes.
CAMERON ANIKA HILL
Anne
returns to The Muny, where she last appeared in The Wiz. Broadway: Elf: The Musical (2024 revival), Dear Evan Hansen. National tours: Oklahoma! (directed by Daniel Fish), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Regional: Chicago Shakespeare Theater (42 Balloons, North American premiere), Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Music Theatre Wichita, Weston Theater Company, Theatre Aspen, Westchester Broadway Theatre and more. On screen, she has appeared on WeCrashed (Apple TV+), Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness (Netflix) and in Bernstein’s Mass on Great Performances (PBS).
TERENCE ARCHIE
M. Edouard Dindon
Muny debut. Broadway: Company; Kiss Me, Kate; Rocky; Ragtime. International: Rocky Das Musical. Off-Broadway: Joan of Arc: Into the Fire (Public Theatre); 1776 (Encores!); The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Second Stage); Romeo and Juliet (Classical Theatre of Harlem); Fredrick Douglass Free, GWC Peanut Price (Urban Stages). Regional: The Hot Wing King, All the Way, The Twelve (DCPA); Guys and Dolls, Twelfth Night (Old Globe); R&J (ART); Hippest Trip (ACT SF); The Odyssey (Seattle Rep); Tamburlaine the Great, Edward II, Two Gentlemen of Verona (STC). TV/film: Raising Kanan, Manhattan Love Story, The Blacklist, Blindspot, For Life, Elementary, Blue Bloods, The Mysteries of Laura. BFA in drama, North Carolina School of the Arts.
ALLISON BLACKWELL
Mme. Marie Dindon
makes her Muny debut. She has been seen in such Broadway shows as New York, New York; Pretty Woman: The Musical; A Night With Janis Joplin; Disney’s The Lion King; and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Regional roles include Armelia in Ain’t Misbehavin’; Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music; Fantine in Les Misérables; Dotty/Washing Machine in Caroline, or Change (San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for best supporting actress); and Becky in Waitress. As a guest soloist, Ms. Blackwell has performed with such orchestras as The New York Pops, The Boston Pops, The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, The Philly Pops, The Houston Symphony and The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Training: BA, Spelman College and MM, The Boston Conservatory.
TROY IWATA
Jacob
was last seen on the Muny stage as Ogie in Waitress. You can catch him as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show or in his hit independent film Summoning Sylvia — a horror-comedy in which he stars alongside Michael Urie and Frankie Grande. Troy recently recurred on Netflix’s The Perfect Couple, opposite Nicole Kidman, as well as on the Apple TV+ limited series WeCrashed as Damian Saito, alongside Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. He also starred in the Netflix series Dash & Lily, which garnered 12 Emmy nominations. Troy made his Broadway debut in the viral sensation Be More Chill in 2019.
MICHAEL HARTUNG
Francis
returns for his 12th show at The Muny. Broadway: Hello, Dolly! Off-Broadway: Alice by Heart (MCC). Regional: The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage), Chasing Rainbows (Goodspeed), Pirates of Penzance (Barrington Stage), Mary Poppins (TUTS), Music Theater of Wichita, The Gateway Playhouse, West Virginia Public Theater. TV: Peter Pan Live! (NBC), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC), Fosse/Verdon (FX), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime). Originally from Sun Prairie, Wis., Michael trained at the Monona Academy of Dance before attending The University of Michigan and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Michael is currently studying at The Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College.
MEGHAN MURPHY
Jacqueline
is a Joseph Jefferson Award-winning actor, singer, producer, cabaret and recording artist making her Muny debut. Theatre: Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney, Jeff Award for best lead performance 2024), Mamma Mia! (Tanya, Marriott Theater), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake, Mercury Theater), The Drowsy Chaperone (Drowsy, Peninsula Players), Cabaret (Frauline Kost, Paramount Theater), City of Angels (Oolie/Donna, Marriott Theater), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Pattie, Drury Lane Theater), The Who’s Tommy (Acid Queen, Paramount Theatre) and more. Film/TV: Captive State (Focus Features), Honey Nut Cheerios (national commercial). Affectionately known as “Big Red,” Meghan has spent the past decade touring the world as a headlining artist with her solo show, The Big Red Show, performing on both land and sea.
Creative Team
MARCIA MILGROM DODGE
Director
Broadway: Ragtime (Tony and Drama Desk nominee, winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Director at The Kennedy Center). The Muny: Anything Goes, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Smokey Joe’s Café, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Meet Me in St. Louis, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Young Frankenstein, Buddy!, The Addams Family. Career highlights: Stephen Flaherty at Carnegie Hall (director), Tokyo Disneyland’s Daytime Parade Harmony in Color (American show director). TV: Encore! (Disney+). Directed the USA premiere of Deceived (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Olney Theatre), Sherlock Holmes & The West End Horror (co-written with Anthony Dodge, Bay Street Theatre, Edgar Award nominee). NYC: Closer Than Ever (Cherry Lane), Romance in Hard Times (Public Theater).
RICHARD J. HINDS
Choreographer
Broadway/West End credits include Titanique (associate director/choreographer), Elf (associate choreographer), Company (associate choreographer), Come From Away (associate choreographer), Disney’s Newsies (associate director), Jekyll & Hyde (associate director/choreographer), Il Divo: A Musical Affair (assistant director). National/international tour credits include Come From Away (associate choreographer), 9 to 5 (associate director) and Disney’s High School Musical (associate choreographer). Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, The REV Theatre Company, Flat Rock Playhouse, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, La Mirada Theatre, 5 Star Theatricals, New Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre by the Sea and New London Barn Playhouse. TV: Encore! (Disney+), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, America’s Got Talent, The Bethenny Show, Bring It, Good Afternoon America (featuring Liza Minnelli). Other credits: Azamara Club Cruises (director/choreographer), Viking River Cruises (director/choreographer), Broadway Bares (choreographer), Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (director/choreographer). Training: Interlochen Arts Academy.
Darryl Archibald
Music Director/Conductor
Fiddler on the Roof and The Wiz (The Muny), Some Like It Hot (Broadway), Jelly’s Last Jam (New York City Center, guest conductor), Motown: The Musical (Broadway), Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (pre-Broadway), Encore! (Disney+), Some Like It Hot (national tour, music supervisor), Yemandja (world tour, music supervisor), The Color Purple (Broadway tour, Paper Mill Playhouse), Wicked (Pantages Theater, substitute conductor), Memphis (Broadway tour), A Little Night Music, Ragtime, Little Shop of Horrors with M.J. Rodriguez, La Cage aux Folles (Pasadena Playhouse), Dear World with Tyne Daly (VPAC), Two by Two with Jason Alexander (Reprise), Passion (Boston Court), Jonathan Dove’s Innocence (Banff Centre).
La Cage aux Folles is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. concordtheatricals.com