Everything's Sparkle Dust! Backstage Prep with Tony Nominee Douglas Hodge at La Cage

When Broadway.com asked Tony nominee Douglas Hodge to let us spy on his transformation process at La Cage aux Folles, we almost forgot a crucial fact: Most of it happens onstage, during Albin’s opening number, “A Little More Mascara.” Still, a surprising amount of prep work goes into turning Doug into Albin before he becomes the fabulous drag star Zaza. (Confused? See the show; you’ll love it.) Before a recent matinee, Hodge invited photographer Jenny Anderson into his powder-blue lair at the Longacre Theatre to see what happens before Jerry Herman’s overture bids the audience welcome…to La Cage aux Folles.