‘La Cage Aux Folles’ Star Cheyenne Jackson Calls Pasadena Playhouse Revival a ‘Big Gay Glitter Bomb’: ‘It’s the Perfect Therapy for Me’
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Broadway veteran Cheyenne Jackson was ready to take another break from musical theater as he had done once before.
That is until he got an offer he couldn’t refuse. “Oh, Mary!” director Sam Pinkleton wanted him for a starring role in a revival of the Tony Award-winning musical “La Cage aux Folles” at the Pasadena Playhouse. “I had made the decision — about a week prior to getting the call from Sam — that I was going to take a long sabbatical from musical theater again,” says Jackson, also known by TV fans for his work on “Doctor Odyssey,” “Call Me Kat,” “American Horror Story” and “30 Rock.” “I had taken about a 10-year break before, and I was feeling like, ‘OK, I’ve scratched that itch a lot.’ I just did ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ and ‘Into the Woods’ and I was done.
I want to focus on writing. I want to focus on a lot of other things. Sam calls me and, of course, I know about ‘Oh, Mary!’ He was very persuasive.
He told me his vision and I got on board.” Jackson stars as Georges, the owner of a drag club in the South of France, who is asked by his son Jean-Michel (Ryan J.
