La Cage aux Folles, Playhouse Theatre, 2008
Cast: Douglas Hodge, Denis Lawson, Paula Wilcox, Tracie Bennett, Stuart Neal, Iain Mitchell, Nolan Frederick, Adrian der Gregorian, Alicia Davies, Ben Bunce, Darren Carnall, Nicholas Cunningham, Matt Krzan, Gary Murphy, Dane Quixall, Zoe Ann Bown, Ben Deery, Leanne Harwood, Robert Maskell, Duncan Smith, Scott Spreadbury, Jason Pennycooke
Composer/lyricist: Jerry Herman
Book: Harvey Fierstein
Director: Terry Johnson
At some point Graham Norton was in this production but as he's not in the programme I guess it wasn't when I went, which is a pity as I doubt he'll do acting again. This might have been the first production of this I saw, although if it wasn't I'm sure the boxes will reveal what was. Subsequently I saw a touring production with him from Eastenders, and most recently a production at the Regent's Park Open Theatre, and between those a production of the play it's based on. It's definitely a show I'd see again.
In the programme there's interviews with Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman who seem to disagree about everything which makes you wonder how the show came to exist in the first place.
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