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La Cage aux Folles (play)
La Cage aux Folles
is a 1973 French
farce
by
Jean Poiret
centering on confusion that ensues when Laurent, the son of a Saint Tropez night club owner and his gay lover, brings his fiancée's ultraconservative parents for dinner. The original French production premièred at the
Théâtre du Palais-Royal
on 1 February 1973 and ran for almost 1,800 performances. The principal roles were played by
Jean Poiret
and
Michel Serrault
. A French-Italian
film of the play
was made in 1978 (with two sequels
La Cage aux Folles II
(1980), directed by
Édouard Molinaro
and
La Cage aux Folles 3: 'Elles' se marient
(1985), directed by
Georges Lautner
.) In 1983, Poiret's play was adapted in the United States as a
musical
with a book by
Harvey Fierstein
and music and lyrics by
Jerry Herman
and later remade as the American film
The Birdcage
.
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