La Cage aux Tolerance
“It’s about something bigger than superficial taglines.” – Terry Johnson, director of the revival
Congratulations to La Cage aux Folles, for its wins for Best Direction of Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, and Best Revival of a Musical.
For yes, this play is still remarkably relevant, for its enduring wit and engagement with ever-present issues; for its heart and vivacity, literally laughing in the faces of the intolerant and unwilling to understand; for its vibrance and multilayered nature, even in translation.
As director Johnson put it, the piece remains “timeless” because “we [still] live in a world of factions” and it is constantly necessary to create “liberal space[s]” in which we can breathe, live, and learn to embody and accept one another’s difference(s) of opinion, heart, and lifestyle.
That is what theatre ought to be: space for movement, breath, and the songs of birds free from restrictions, rules, and… well, cages.
