Robert Goulet Looks to National Tour of Tony Winner La Cage aux Folles

La Cage aux Folles, fresh off a 2005 Tony Award win for Best Revival of a Musical, is prepping a national tour. According to producer Martin Richards, current Broadway star Robert Goulet will headline the tour.

Goulet stepped into the revival as nightclub owner Georges on April 15 and earned mostly positive reviews for his performance. In his Broadway.com Review of the show, William Stevenson wrote: "Georges is more the straight-man type, so to speak, and Goulet makes him debonair, smooth and charming. At times he has trouble remembering his lines, but his fans will probably forgive him a few stumbles. Luckily, Goulet's rich baritone makes up for any acting deficiencies. He does a lovely job with 'Song on the Sand' and 'Look Over There,' two ballads that suit his voice perfectly."

Goulet won a 1968 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in The Happy Time. He has also appeared on the Great White Way in Camelot and Moon Over Buffalo. His other theatrical credits include Little Women, Sunshine Town, Thunder Rock, The Optimist, Dreamgirls, Carousel, Finian's Rainbow, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Pajama Game, Beggars Opera, Bells Are Ringing, Meet Me in St. Louis, I Do, I Do, On A Clear Day, Kiss Me Kate, The Fantasticks, South Pacific and Man of La Mancha.

In the mid-1950's Goulet was known as Trapper Pierre in the Howdy Doody series. He began a recording career in the early 1960s. He had a hit with "What Kind of Fool Am I?" and won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1963. His film credits include the animated feature film Gay Purr-ee, I'd Rather Be Rich, I Deal In Danger, Underground, Atlantic City, Beetlejuice, Scrooged, Naked Gun 2½, Mr. Wrong, Recess, The Last Producer and G-Men From Hell. He starred in the television series Blue Light, has guest-starred on numerous TV shows and headlined a number of variety specials.

The Broadway production of La Cage aux Folles is currently running at Broadway's Marquis Theatre. No timetable was given for the tour of the tuner.