La Cage aux Folles (Broadway revival)

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La Cage aux Folles (Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning revival of the classic Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein musical about a gay couple who run a drag nightclub, restaged on Broadway with a more intimate, character-focused production.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical revival
stage musical production
adaptationOf La Cage aux Folles
surface form: La Cage aux Folles (play)
artForm musical theatre
awardReceived Tony Award
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
basedOn La Cage aux Folles
surface form: La Cage aux Folles (musical)
bookBy Harvey Fierstein
composer Jerry Herman
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
follows original Broadway production of La Cage aux Folles
genre comedy
musical theatre
hasAudience Broadway theatre-goers
hasCulturalImpact helped normalize gay relationships in mainstream musical theatre
hasLGBTTheme true
hasMusicNumber I Am What I Am
The Best of Times
We Are What We Are
hasNarrativeElement farce
romantic comedy
hasType musical revival
language English
lyricist Jerry Herman
mainCharacters Albin
Georges
Jacob
Jean-Michel
medium live theatre
notableFor character-driven interpretation of source musical
more intimate staging than original Broadway production
notableTheme LGBTQ+ representation
family acceptance
gender performance
originalLanguageOfWork English
partOf Broadway theater
surface form: Broadway theatre
portrays drag performance
same-sex relationship
productionFocus character-focused
productionScale intimate
setting Saint-Tropez
subject drag nightclub
gay couple
workLocation Broadway

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Palace Theatre (Broadway) notableProduction La Cage aux Folles (Broadway revival)
Jerry Zaks directed La Cage aux Folles (Broadway revival)
this entity surface form: La Cage aux Folles (revival)