Encores! Releases 1st Look at La Cage aux Folles With Billy Porter, Wayne Brady
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Updated · Playbill · Jun 18
Encores! Releases 1st Look at La Cage aux Folles With Billy Porter, Wayne Brady
3 articles · Updated · Playbill · Jun 18
Summary
June 18 brought first-look photos and video from City Center Encores!' limited run of La Cage aux Folles, which began performances June 17 and runs through June 28.
Billy Porter leads the all-Black cast as Albin opposite Wayne Brady as Georges in Robert O'Hara's staging of the Tony-winning Jerry Herman-Harvey Fierstein musical.
A 28-piece orchestra under guest music director Joseph Joubert backs the production, which also revives the show's original 1983 orchestrations not heard since its first Broadway run.
The musical, based on Jean Poiret's play, opened on Broadway in 1983 and won 6 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.