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Tony Award®-Winning Musical Comedy

La Cage aux Folles

May 31 – Jul 10, 2016
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With the exception of scattered single seats and a few limited view seats, La Cage aux Folles is sold out. Please check back often as people do release their seats for sale.

The beloved gender-bending musical comedy and winner of six Tony Awards® including Best Musical closes out the Signature season starring Bobby Smith.

The twenty year relationship between Georges, a club-owner, and Albin, the head drag performer, faces a test when their son announces his engagement to the daughter of ultra-conservative political parents. To please their son, Georges and Albin agree to hide their lifestyle and play it straight for a dinner with the potential in-laws. However, Albin’s different definition of “normal” threatens to upend the entire supper with hilarious results.

With an iconic score by Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly!; Mame) featuring “I Am What I Am” and “The Best of Times” and hilarious book by Harvey Fierstein (Newsies, Kinky Boots), La Cage Aux Folles is a fabulously fun musical about family, identity and loving who you are.

“It’s funny, heartwarming and terrific.” —Variety

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Book by Harvey Fierstein
Based on the play by Jean Poiret
Directed by Matthew Gardiner

Performance Information

  • Running Time

    Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission.

  • Effects Warnings

    Contains theatrical haze, strobe lights, and depictions of cigarette smoke.

Specialty Nights

Post-Show Discussion Nights

June 7 & 15, 2016

Pride Nights

June 17 & July 1, 2016

Open Captioned Performances

June 19, 2016 at 2PM and July 5, 2016 at 7:30PM

Sponsors

Cast Members

Bobby Smith

Bobby Smith

Albin

he/him SIGNATURE: No Place to Go, She Loves Me, Midnight at The Never Get, Assassins, Grand Hotel, Passion, Light Years, A Little Night Music, Titanic, Simply Sondheim, Company, Midwestern Gothic, Road Show, Threepenny Opera, Disney's Freaky Friday, La Cage aux Folles (Helen Hayes Award), Spin (Helen Hayes Award). BROADWAY: Crazy for You. OFF-BROADWAY: Forever Plaid, The World Goes ‘Round, Of Thee I Sing. NATIONAL TOURS: Brigadoon, The World Goes ‘Round. DC AREA: Theater J: Two Jews Walk Into a War; Studio Theatre: Fun Home, A Class Act; The Long Christmas Ride Home; Caroline, or Change; Grey Gardens; Reefer Madness; Jerry Springer: The Opera; Ford’s Theatre: Elmer Gantry, Liberty Smith, 1776, Violet; Metrostage: Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Helen Hayes Award). AWARDS: 2018 Anderson/Hopkins award.

Brent Barrett

Georges

BROADWAY: Chicago (Billy Flynn), Annie Get Your Gun (Frank Butler, opposite Reba McEntire), Dance a Little Closer, Grand Hotel (The Baron), Candide, Brigadoon, West Side Story (Tony). OFF-BROADWAY: Silence! The Musical (Hannibal Lecter), Closer Than Ever, March of the Falsettos. WEST END: Kiss Me, Kate (Olivier nomination, PBS film); Grand Hotel. INTERNATIONAL: Germany: Das Phantom der Oper (Phantom). NATIONAL TOUR: Peter Pan (Captain Hook). REGIONAL: Phantom, The Las Vegas Spectacular (Phantom); Sacramento: La Cage aux Folles (Georges), Sugar (Joe/Josephine); Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Follies (Ben); Leading Ladies; Annie Get Your Gun; Chicago (LA Drama Critics Award); symphony orchestras around the world. SOLO RECORDINGS: The Alan Jay Lerner Album, The Kander & Ebb Album, Christmas Mornings, numerous others. FILM/TV: The Producers, Longtime Companion, Hercules, All My Children. www.brentbarrett.com.
Paul Scanlan

Paul Scanlan

Jean-Michel

SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, La Cage Aux Folles, Simply Sondheim, Elmer Gantry, Sunday in the Park with George, The Threepenny Opera, Company, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Really Really. NATIONAL TOUR: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. REGIONAL: The Muny: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, My Fair Lady; DC AREA: Arena Stage: The Pajama Game, Carousel; Ford’s Theatre: The Laramie Project; Kennedy Center: Orphie & The Book of Heroes; Washington National Opera: Lost in the Stars; Round House Theatre: Fahrenheit 451; Studio 2nd Stage: The Rocky Horror Show; Keegan Theater: Spring Awakening, Cabaret, Hair; 1st Stage: By Jeeves; Capitol Fringe: Who's Your Baghdaddy?. TV: CBS: FBI, The Equalizer. @paulrscanlan

Jessica Lauren Ball

Anne

SIGNATURE: The Fix, Elmer Gantry. NATIONAL TOUR: The Pajama Game. DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Lost in the Stars; Ford’s Theatre: Freedom’s Song; Olney Theatre Center: Guys and Dolls (Helen Hayes nomination), Cinderella, The Sound of Music (Helen Hayes nomination), Grease, 1776; Adventure Theatre: Miss Nelson is Missing; Imagination Stage: The Dancing Princesses; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Oklahoma! (Helen Hayes nomination), Legally Blonde, Cinderella, Nunsense, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Titanic, Grease. REGIONAL: Totem Pole Play House: Leader of the Pack. EDUCATION: London Dramatic Academy; BM, Catholic University of America.
Sherri L. Edelen

Sherri L. Edelen

Marie Dindon/Madame Renaud

SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, Jesus Christ Superstar, Midwestern Gothic, Gypsy, Cake Off, Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables.  NATIONAL TOURS: Me and My Girl, Nunsense, Big. NEW YORK: Disney Theatricals: Freaky Friday; Fringe Festival: Citizen Ruth. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Sunday in the Park with George, Merrily We Roll Along; Arena Stage: DAVE (pre-Broadway), Cabaret, My Fair Lady, Vanya...Spike; Shakespeare Theatre: Design for Living; Folger Theatre: Romeo and Juliet; Round House Theatre: The Diary of Anne Frank; Theatre J: Copenhagen. REGIONAL: Arden Theatre Company: Caroline, or Change; Philadelphia Theatre Company: The Light in the Piazza, Elegies; Fusion Theatre Company: Outside Mullingar; Stages St. Louis:  Annie Get Your Gun. DIRECTING: Riverside Center for the Performing Arts: Steel Magnolias, On Golden Pond (starring Joyce DeWitt). AWARDS: Helen Hayes, Barrymore.
Mitchell Hébert

Mitchell Hébert

Dindon/Mr. Rinaud

Signature: Sunday in the Park With George, Gypsy, Art. DC AREA: ACTING: Ford’s Theatre: The Guard, The Laramie Project; Woolly Mammoth Theatre: The Gigli Concert, The Clean House, Clybourne Park (Helen Hayes nomination), Theatre J: After the Fall (Helen Hayes Award); Shakespeare Theatre: Don Carlos; Round House Theatre: Uncle Vanya (Helen Hayes nomination), Around the World in 80 Days, Crime & Punishment, The Drawer Boy, Everyman Theatre: Under the Skin, Uncle Vanya. DIRECTING: Round House Theatre: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Glengarry Glen Ross (Helen Hayes Award, directing); Forum Theatre: The Illusion; Olney Theatre Center: Rabbit Hole. FILM: Killing Kennedy, The Hunley, Playing Through. TV: NBC: Homicide; PBS: Nathan the Wise. TEACHING: Faculty, University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies. UPCOMING: Woolly Mammoth Theatre: Hir; Round House Theatre: Angels in America.
Nova Y. Payton

Nova Y. Payton

Jacqueline

SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, The Color Purple, We Shall Someday, After Midnight, Assassins, Blackbeard, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Jelly's Last Jam, La Cage aux Folles, Diner, Defying Gravity: Making of a SuperNOVA, Dreamgirls, The Best Little Whorehouse..., Xanadu, Hairspray. TOUR: 3 Mo’ Divas, Smokey Joe’s Café. DC AREA: Round House: Caroline, or Change; Shakespeare Theatre: The Amen Corner, Kiss Me, Kate; Ford's Theatre: Grace the Musical, Ragtime, Freedom’s Song; Olney Theatre: World Goes Round, Godspell; Arena Stage: Newsies, Smokey Joe's Café; Kennedy Center: How To Succeed.... REGIONAL: ZACH Theatre: Into the Woods; The 5th: Man of La Mancha, A Night with Janis Joplin; Milwaukee Rep: Dreamgirls.

DJ Petrosino

Jacob

SIGNATURE: West Side Story (Chino). TOURS: Cabaret. REGIONAL: Merry Go Round Playhouse: Saturday Night Fever; The Engeman Theatre: A Chorus Line; Ogunquit/Gateway Playhouse: Saturday Night Fever; American Repertory Theatre: The Donkey Show; Harbor Lights Theatre Co.: West Side Story; White Plains Performing Arts Center: Tommy, The 39 Steps, The Little Mermaid, Cats; Arizona Broadway Theatre: Young Frankenstein; Buddy Holly Story; Kiss Me, Kate; 7 Brides for 7 Brothers; The Palace Theatre: West Side Story; Speakeasy Stage Co.: Zanna, Don't!; Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre: 9 to 5; American Music Theatre: Christmas Show; Sea and Sun Princess Cruise Lines: Dancer; EDUCATION: Salem State University, 2007, BFA Theatre Arts, Magna Cum Laude.

Michael Bunce

Francis

SIGNATURE: Beaches, Urinetown, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd. NATIONAL TOURS: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Victor/Victoria (with Toni Tennille). INTERNATIONAL: 42nd Street (Troika Moscow). DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: 110 In the Shade, Our Town, A Christmas Carol, 1776, Liberty Smith, Meet John Doe, One Destiny; Olney Theatre Center: 1776, Anything Goes; Kennedy Center: Regina (with Patti LuPone); Rep Stage: The Fantasticks, Cumberland: Dirty Blonde, The Full Monty, Camping with Henry and Tom.  REGIONAL: Geva: Camelot; Barrington: South Pacific.

Sam Brackley

Cagelle

REGIONAL: Virginia Repertory Theatre: Go Dog, Go!; Centerstage Grand Opening Gala; SPARC: Into the Woods, Chicago, Ragtime, Seussical; Forbes Center for the Performing Arts: Cabaret (Emcee), The Wild Party (Oscar D’Armano), Avenue Q (Nicky), Godspell (Judas), Dogfight, Sweet Charity, All Shook Up, Gone Missing, Assassins. EDUCATION: James Madison University, BA Musical Theatre.

Darius Delk

Cagelle

OFF-BROADWAY: The Little Mermaid, Sleepy Hollow, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast. REGIONAL: A Chorus Line, Rent, Grease, Suessical, Night Beats, Deck the Halls. 

Ethan Kasnett

Cagelle

DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: Guys and Dolls, The Producers, Disney’s The Little Mermaid. REGIONAL: Connecticut Repertory Theater: A Chorus Line (Bobby), The Music Man, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pirates of Penzance (directed by Terrence Mann), Man of La Mancha, My Fair Lady (choreographed by Charlotte d’Amboise), Guys and Dolls. TV/FILM: The White House Celebrates the Music of Broadway (PBS). EDUCATION: University of Miami, BFA in Musical Theater.

Isaiah Young

Cagelle

DANCE CREDITS: Celebrity Cruises, Dissonance Dance Theatre, The Well Project, DiMauro Dance & Prometheus Dance. FILM/TV: Beloved, The Electric Company. REGIONAL: Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre: Show Boat, Beauty & The Beast, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story, Hairspray; Howard University: Into the Woods (Rapunzel’s Prince), Ragtime; The Boston Conservatory: Chicago; Papermill Playhouse: Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Rising Star Nominee for Best Choreography, Emanon Players). EDUCATION: Montclair State University, 2009, Dance.

Phil Young

Cagelle

SIGNATURE: La Cage aux Folles. DC AREA: Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre. REGIONAL: Guthrie, Goodman, Paramount Theatre, ZACH Theatre, Wick Theatre, and others. AWARDS: NFAA youngARTS Award Winner EDUCATION: Penn State University, BFA Musical Theatre.

Jay Westin

Cagelle

DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: The Little Mermaid, A Chorus Line (2014 Helen Hayes nomination); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Spamalot (2015 Helen Hayes nomination), Legally Blonde, Joseph… Dreamcoat, Hairspray; Kennedy Center: 2013 Kennedy Center Honors; Adventure Theatre MTC: Big Nate (World Premiere). REGIONAL: Ivoryton Playhouse: La Cage Aux Folles. EDUCATIONAL: Sweet Charity, The Drowsy Chaperone, Finian’s Rainbow, Cabaret, On The Town, Man of La Mancha, The Enchantress. EDUCATION: BM in Musical Theatre, The Catholic University of America.

Creative Team

Backstage Tours

Do you want to know how the magic of musical theater comes together at Signature? Take a backstage tour of La Cage Aux Folles with one of the actors from the show!

Tour dates, all at 5PM:

  • June 11, 2016
  • June 18, 2016
  • June 25, 2016 
  • July 2, 2016

French Riviera Food Specials

croque monsieur our twist on the classic French sandwich made with Virginia ham, parmesan, ground stone Dijon mustard and gruyere infused béchamel. Served with chips. 
crêpes chicken florentine crêpes filled with chicken, cheddar, gruyere and sautéed spinach in a creamy sauce.
crêpes suzette a dessert style crepe with a Grand Marnier infused orange syrup, homemade whipped cream, and strawberries.
crème brûlée traditional vanilla custard finished with a torch and topped with fresh berries.

French Riviera Specialty Cocktails

Georges’ Kir Royal A flamboyant twist on the class Kir Royal, Georges’ Kir Royal is an exquisitely colored mix of Chambord and Prosecco with a twist of lemon.
Bleu French 75 Sparkling Blanc de Bleu chardonnay mixed with gin, simple syrup, and a touch of lemon.

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