La Cage being Dragged to Broadway.

The acclaimed, award-winning London revival of Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles is headed to Broadway.

The producer of the Tony-winning Best Revival of a Play, The Norman Conquests, announced in the Tony press room that their next Broadway production will be a transfer of the hit West End revival of La Cage aux Folles.

Producer Sonia Friedman said the production will open on Broadway next spring and will feature its Olivier Award-winning star Douglas Hodge.

Updated On: 6/8/09 at 02:19 AM

It better be a limited run, or Sonia Friedman is going to go broke.

The 2004 revival was a mess... Not sure if this is right but didn't Harvery Fierstein walk out at the interval when he saw it or something?

The new revival should definately go to Broadway, if its a hit here it will do just aswell overthere. If they are happy to do a 12 week season and done the math on that short run shorely they are banking on running longer to make $$$ ... which I can see happening. This new revival is La Cage perfection.

It could mean two menier shows running on Broadway ... La Cage & Night Music

I don't think it will be this year. I've a feeling, but the show is booking well, they may close it Jan/Feb 2010 here and use the set and take it to Broadway to open March 2010

Perhaps at a larger Off Broadway theatre?

They are not, at the moment, waiting for the London production to close, it wil be a new production for New York.

Thats ALL i remember was 2 or 3 of the production numbers. The rest was absolute ****e that was basically put together by numbers for tourists.
Vile!

Ha!

The worst revival at the moment is Guys and Dolls... have you seen? Just hilarious

It will be good for broadway if they take this productions to heart ! i mean they loved sunday done by the meineir so lets wait and see !

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I will admit that the Marquis Theatre production of La Cage Aux Follis does hold a special place in my heart. It was the last show that I went to with my grandfather and the last Broadway show period that he went to with my grandfather before he died. And, I must say that my memories are more positive about that night as a whole rather then the show itself.

That being said, I am looking forward to this production but I do think that it might be a hard sell considering that Broadway has had a revival of this in very recent memory.

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Special memories like that can sometimes make shows wonderful regardless of the productions itself.

I think La Cage will be very successful over there - people were disspointed with the show and many of the people that called for that revival are still waiting for a revival of something that delivers what they want - and with this more minimal show it means less expense and "bums to fill on seats" which means it has much more of a chance - and I think it will get the audiences in.

DEV for gods sake get yourself into casting!!!!

'I think the Menier La Cage would do quite well on Broadway and considering that Gypsy had a revival 5 years after the Bernadette Peters revival then anything is possible and I hope Sonia Friedman does go through with it as she's had success on Broadway and the Tonys with Boeing Boeing, The Norman Conquests etc As for a theatre, I think The Music Box or Studio 54 would do a good choice.

A Little Night Music would do well on Broadway as a limited run but I'm not sure if the Menier would want to compete with itself for best revival although I believe they have different producers so they could be on Broadway at the same time. The Walter Kerr Theatre would be perfect for ALNM IMO.'

Looks like your dream might come true, A Little Night music might play the Walter Kerr.