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La Cage aux Folles
« Thread Started on Oct 5, 2007, 6:59am »
Although the Menier Chocolate Factory website has not published any cast updates yet, Baz Bamigboye in today's Daily Mail sounds pretty certain about Philip Quast's next musical engagement in London:

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Douglas Hodge, who will be learning how to apply mascara and a lot more besides when he stars with Philip Quast in the revamped Jerry Herman musical La Cage Aux Folles. Hodge plays Albin who, each night, dresses up as Zaza, hostess of the St Tropez nightclub of the title, and Mr Quast plays his partner George.

Full article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ar....in_page_id=1794

Further infos about the show:
http://www.allthingsquast.info/career/stage/musicals/cageauxfolles.htm

Menier Chocolate Factory
http://www.menierchocolatefactory.com/lacage.htm

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« Reply #1 on Oct 5, 2007, 10:19am »
brilliant NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We already booked our tickets last week on the rumour just hoping that it was true

We have booked for a show at the beginning and for the Final night

We will probably get some for the performances in the middle now too

Thanks sooooooooooooo much for the update

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« Reply #2 on Oct 5, 2007, 12:06pm »
Also reported in WHATS ON STAGE

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http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg....+Cag e%2C+3+Dec

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« Reply #3 on Oct 5, 2007, 2:26pm »
I love the music from this show! There are some different recordings on Itunes right now. The Original Off Broadway Recording is very good.

My favorite songs are:

"I Am What I Am" of course! :)

"Look Over There" and

"With You On My Arm" ;)

You can listen to 30 second clips there if you want to check it out.

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« Reply #4 on Oct 5, 2007, 3:10pm »
Another announcement on Official London Theatre webpage with cute photo

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http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display/cm/contentId/96061

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« Reply #5 on Oct 5, 2007, 6:47pm »
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http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=21955

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http://www.playbill.com/news/article/111682.html

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« Reply #6 on Oct 5, 2007, 7:33pm »
Which recording would you say was the best recording/CD to buy?

Is it the Original Off Broadway Recording?

Or is there another better one?

Thanks

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« Reply #7 on Oct 8, 2007, 11:55pm »
This isn't anything new, but here's a link on broadway.com: http://london.broadway.com/story/id/3008861

Yay for Quasi! :D
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« Reply #8 on Oct 14, 2007, 8:33pm »
I've just booked for La cage! I can't wait :D

I don't know the musical (nor I want to know it before seeing it at the Menier)...but I love the movie(s) it's based on!
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« Reply #9 on Oct 15, 2007, 12:38am »
For anyone who is interested in finding out more about the show, there is a video on Youtube with John Barrowman, who played such a wonderful 'Cal Chandler' opposite Philip Quast's ' Grahame' in The Fix singing "I Am What I Am" from La Cage aux Folles. :) :) :)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=....ar ch&plindex=2
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« Reply #10 on Oct 15, 2007, 3:37pm »
There was an American version made about 10 years ago starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane that was very funny.
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« Reply #11 on Oct 15, 2007, 5:58pm »

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There was an American version made about 10 years ago starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane that was very funny.

Yes, it's called The Birdcage http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115685/. I totally agree, it's an extremely entertaining movie and a successful remake - which is quite rare IMO. The film is available at a rather affordable price on Amazon.
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« Reply #12 on Oct 15, 2007, 7:07pm »
The Birdcage is a wonderful movie. :) I saw it when it came out years ago and picked it up recently on DVD when they re-released it with Nathan Lane's The Producers. It is not a musical, of course. The only real disappointment is that they don't have any of the songs from the musical in the movie, at all. :(
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« Reply #13 on Oct 16, 2007, 11:31am »

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The Birdcage is a wonderful movie. :) I saw it when it came out years ago and picked it up recently on DVD when they re-released it with Nathan Lane's The Producers. It is not a musical, of course. The only real disappointment is that they don't have any of the songs from the musical in the movie, at all. :(


Probably because the American film (which is one of my favourites, by the way, I have seen it at least 20 times and use quotes from it in my everyday life) is based on the French original (which is also hilarious). The musical was made six years after the original film.

And I would recommend the original Broadway recording of the musical as a warm-up. ;)
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Re: La Cage aux Folles
« Reply #14 on Oct 18, 2007, 10:17am »
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES HAVE NOW ANNOUNCED THE CAST ON THE WEBSITE

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Principle casting announced:

Douglas Hodge Albin
Philip Quast Georges
Tara Hugo Jacqueline
Neil McDermott Jean-Michel
Jason Pennycooke Jacob

Further casting to follow shortly...

Douglas Hodge takes the role of Albin. His recent credits include: making his musical theatre debut in Guys and Dolls opposite Ewan McGregor (Piccadilly), Titus Andronicus (Globe), Dumb Show (Royal Court, Olivier nomination), Pericles (National Theatre) and more than ten Pinter plays including Moonlight and The Caretaker in the West End. Film credits include Vanity Fair, Mansfield Park and Scenes of a Sexual Nature. His television credits include regular roles in Spooks and Redcap.

Philip Quast is a triple Olivier Award winner, having won best actor in a musical for Sunday in the Park with George (National Theatre), The Fix (Donmar Warehouse) and South Pacific (National Theatre). Other credits include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Stuff Happens (National Theatre), The Secret Garden (RSC/Aldwych), Macbeth, The White Devil (RSC) and earlier this year Evita (Adelphi).




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