Opening Date Set for 2010 Broadway Revival of La Cage aux Folles

An opening date has been set for the previously announced Broadway transfer of the Olivier Award-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles. The production’s Olivier Award-winning star, Douglas Hodge, will make his Broadway debut as Albin. The revival will open on April 18, 2010 at a Shubert theater to be announced, directed by Terry Johnson.

The London revival of La Cage aux Folles played at the Menier Chocolate Factory from November 23, 2007, to March 8, 2008, and moved to the West End’s Playhouse Theatre on October 30, 2008, where it is still running. No other casting for the Broadway production has been announced.

Featuring music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and a book by Harvey Fierstein (based on the play by Jean Poiret), La Cage aux Folles centers on Georges, who owns a Saint-Tropez nightclub, his partner Albin (who headlines under the name Zaza), and Georges’ son, Jean-Michel, who’s engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politico.

The original 1983 Broadway production won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book for Fierstein and Best Score for Herman and ran for more than four years. A 2004 Broadway revival met with mixed reviews and lasted fewer than eight months.

Hodge’s London theater credits include Guys and Dolls, Titus Andronicus and Dumb Show (Olivier nomination). His film work includes Vanity Fair, Scenes of a Sexual Nature and the upcoming The Descent 2. His television work has included roles in Mansfield Park, Middlemarch, Men of The Month, True Love, Red Cap, It Could Be You, The Way We Live Now and Spooks.

La Cage aux Folles features choreography by Lynne Page, set design by Tim Shortall, costume design by Matthew Wright, lighting design by Nick Richings, wig and makeup design by Richard Mawbey and orchestrations by Jason Carr.

The 2010 Broadway revival will be produced by Sonia Friedman, David Babani for the Menier Chocolate Factory, Fran and Barry Weissler and Robert Bartner/Norman Tulchin