Cheyenne Jackson on staying fit, reimagining his masculinity & daddy vibes
the state of the nation, which makes it an even more potent time to revisit the works of composer-lyricist Jerry Herman, who always managed to find a ray of sun in a cloudy sky.
Mame and Hello, Dolly! centered strong female characters, but it was 1984’s La Cage aux Folles that put a gay couple front and center for the first time on Broadway.
The show won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. La Cage has been revived twice on Broadway, but fans of the show (or its hunky co-star, Cheyenne Jackson), will be flocking to Pasadena, California, for a fresh take from one of the hottest directors du jour, Sam Pinkleton.Based on the 1973 play of the same name (which also inspired The Birdcage, starring Nathan Lane and Robin Williams), La Cage delivers a not-so-typical love story as longtime couple Georges (Jackson) and his drag queen husband Albin (Kevin Cahoon) confront the openness of their relationship when Georges’ son (Ryan J.
Haddad) from a previous fling arrives with his fiancee (Shannon Purser), asking his dads to hide their relationship and tamper Albin’s flamboyant behavior.
