October 2011 Blog Posts (14)

La Cage Aux Folles was a fantastic. The set was simple yet complex. Before the show started the curtain was a bright pink. Then we were introduce to the club itself. The club had a simple decor. In the first scene in La Cage all we see are the dancers, which is plenty. The costumes we also simple. The way they fit the actors was flawless. the club dancers were dressed almost nothing. The costumes all fit the music and I like that in a show. Over all I think that La Cage Aux Folles was a…

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La Cage is a must see!  It is a fun musical to see for a girl’s night out.  You will be laughing in your seats the whole time.  I know i was when i saw it at the State Theater on October 18th, opening night, though it is a bit crude, so be warned.  In the musical,  Jean-Michel, the sun of Georges and Albin, falls in love with Anne.  The problem is Anne's family is extremely conservative and does not support Georges and Albin's nightclub show of drag queens.  Jean-Michel tries to keep the…

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“Has everyone gotten some drinks? Some alcohol? Good. Because the show sucks unless you’re tanked,” says Lily White, the warm-up drag queen for La Cage Aux Folles. She couldn’t be more wrong. The show was great. Flamboyant, fabulous, loud, exuberant, and most of all: gay. Being a fan of all things theatrical and loud, I was immediately drawn to the bright pink curtains that backed the stage, the boas, and dresses that the drag queens sported.…

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“It’s rather gaudy, but it’s also rather grand,” is how one character describes the mythical club of La Cage Aux Folles, the same applies to the touring production at the State. From the moment I walked into the theater room of the State Theatre, I was greeted by bright pink curtains surrounded by a false frame decorated with wooden trees. The show is grandiose and gaudy, and although this is La Cage’s biggest strength, it becomes it’s greatest weakness as well.



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Alaina Phillips

La Cage Aux Folles

 

From Glitz and Glam to Becoming a Man

La Cage Aux Folles is one of the many Broadway shows I have seen, and one of the most entertaining. The show is currently performing at the State Theater in Downtown, Minneapolis through October…

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                 On October 18^th, I was danced into a world of unending wit, glitter, and transvestites at the State Theatre. La Cage aux Folles literally translates to The Cage to Crazy. In this rambunctious tale, the audience is chauffeured through the ups and downs of marriage. When a gay couple’s son, Jean-Michel played by Billy Harrigan Tighe, returns home to the pleasure district of France where he is welcomed with hugs and brings words of heterosexuality.  The stage is set.…

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Emma Dalen

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Alexa Pearson

La Cage Aux Folles

 

Glitter, Sass, and Everything Hysterical

 

"Well thank you for depleting…

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Kyanna Sturm

La Cage Aux Folles



A Gaudy Play at Heart



    La Cage Aux Folles an exuberant and gaudy play portrayed a cast full of talent. Showing at the State Theater on Hennepin the gaudiness of La cage Aux Folles was evident from the street. With a large sign and pink boas along side the red carpet the play’s environment screamed the word “gay.” La Cage Aux Folles a play about the life of a male homosexual couple who own a glamorous nightclub and… Continue

  Yeah, drag queens make me a little intimidated. It’s something that isn’t unheard of, I’m sure many have felt the same. With regard to that, the La Cage Aux Folles queens were stirring and intimidating because of their skill and sheer talent, and there were many talents to talk-up in the extremely well cast production of La Cage. My mind reels at what those ladies can manage in heels, not to mention wigs, pantyhose, and layers of padding! Hence, it’s hard not to feel…

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Maia Crews-Erjavec

La Cage Aux Folles

 

Fabulous, Glittering Drag Queens

 

If I had to describe La Cage Aux…

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Max Singer

La Cage Aux Folles



I was greeted with two pink feather boas as I entered the lobby of the State Theatre to watch La Cage aux Folles. A not so subtle hint for the theme of the production I was about to see.



La Cage is at the State Theatre running October 18th through the 23rd. The story revolves around Georges (George Hamilton) owner and M.C. of a notorious local gay club. As he tries to impress his future in-laws for the sake of his son, Jean Michel, (Billy… Continue

I have heard about La Cage Aux Folles before, but I didn't know much about it before I saw it, so this is a pure, non-prejudice review. La Cage Aux Folles was made in 1983, it was written by Harvey Fierstein with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. It is based off of a 1973 French play by the same name. The story is about a gay couple, Georges (played by George Hamilton) and Albin (played by Christopher Sieber),…

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