BWAY: LA CAGE announces Nat'l Tour for 2011

The production team of the smash Broadway hit, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, has announced a national tour based on the current revival to be launched in 2011.  Currently nominated for 11 Tony Awards, this morning brought news that LA CAGE had garnered 4 Outer Critics Circle Awards, tying with MEMPHIS, for most wins.  Composer Jerry Herman has been named the recipient of a special Drama Desk Award for his career as a Musical Theatre composer.

The original Broadway production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES opened on August 21, 1983 at the Palace Theatre, wowing audiences with its daring material.  That production won 4 Tony Awards in 1984 and went on to become a staple in regional theatres.

Casting and design details will be forthcoming on the main LA CAGE website, and for more information on national tours, go to http://www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.

GUEST: Lauren Kennedy, 04/01 @ 11 a EDT

LAUREN KENNEDY has starred in numerous Broadway and National Tour musicals: Monty Python's SPAMALOT, SUNSET BOULEVARD with Glenn Close, SIDE SHOW, and LES MISERABLES, CINDERELLA at The New York City Opera, and Trevor Nunn's revival of SOUTH PACIFIC as Nellie Forbush at The Royal National Theatre. Lauren starred opposite Val Kilmer in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. She starred in pre-Broadway productions of VANITIES and LONE STAR LOVE, as well as new works including Zelda Fitzgerald in Frank Wildhorn's WAITING FOR THE MOON, THE RHYTHM CLUB, WHITE CHRISTMAS, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, HOT SHOE SHUFFLE at TUTS, THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN at The Kennedy Center, and THE LAST FIVE YEARS at Northlight.


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