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Beck Center for the Arts :: Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman. Book by Harvey Fierstein. ... This smash-hit Jerry Herman musical is bounding with energy and appeal. Based on the French film by Jean Poiret, La Cage tells the stories of two middle-aged gay lovers who run a transvestite nightclub in St. Tropez, and their son who has announced his intentions to marry the daughter of a local morals crusader. The show, which was the basis for the popular movie "The Birdcage," was the biggest new American musical of the 1980s, with an original run of 1,761 performances and was the winner of 6 Tony awards.

Producer: Scott Spence
Director: Fred Sternfeld
Music Director: Charles Eversole
Choreographer: Martin Cespedes

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