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

  • Marcia Milgrom Dodge

    Director

  • Richard J. Hinds

    Choreographer

  • Darryl Archibald

    Music Director/Conductor

  • Matthew Buttrey

    Scenic Designer

  • Bobby Pearce

    Costume Designer

  • Adam Honoré

    Lighting Designer

  • John Shivers

    Sound Designer

  • David Patridge

    Sound Designer

  • Kylee Loera

    Video Designer

  • Greg Emetaz

    Video Designer

  • Tommy Kurzman

    Wig Designer

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