La Cage aux Folles is a
musical with a book by
Harvey Fierstein and lyrics and music by
Jerry Herman. Based on the 1973
French play of the same name by
Jean Poiret, it focuses on a
gay couple: Georges, the manager of a
Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring
drag entertainment, and Albin, his romantic partner and star attraction, and the farcical adventures that ensue when Georges's son, Jean-Michel, brings home his
fiancée's ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
La cage aux folles literally means "the cage of mad women". However
folles is also a slang term for effeminate homosexuals (queens).