#la cage aux folles

[noelcowards-addressbook]

Kenn Duncan: Dancers from La Cage Aux Folles, 1983

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

Consider: David Tennant and Michael Sheen in La Cage Aux Folles. The vision? Do you see it? You should

[karmelarts]

When I say men need to dress sluttier this is what I mean

[thegayfangrrl]

[talesofthefandoms]

SCREAMING CRYING CLAWING AT THE WALLS

IM GONNA LOSE IT NEXT WEEK!

AS A MUSICAL THEATRE AND TED LASSO FAN, THIS ONE’S GONNA KILL ME!

IF THE EP PLAYS OUT LIKE THE MUSICAL IM GONNA START SOBBING

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

ROLES I WANT DAVID TENNANT TO PLAY IN MUSICALS: THE MASTERLIST

Okay so I've divided this into three categories, which you shall see below!

Roles I Think David Could/Should Play NOW:

Charlie Guiteau in Assassins

someone in Brigadoon bc it would be funny

The Emcee in Cabaret

Ryuk in Death Note

The Man In The Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone

The Dysquith Family in A Gentleman's Guide to Love And Murder

Herbie in Gypsy

Hades in Hadestown

Frollo in Hunchback of Notre Dame (okay give him like five years)

The Baker in Into The Woods

Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe

Albin or Georges in La Cage Aux Folles (either one as long as the other is played by Michael Sheen)

Trunchbull in Matilda OKAY HEAR ME OUT (he could also do Mr Wormwood)

Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady

Fagin in Oliver

Tateh in Ragtime

Riff Raff OR Frank N Furter in Rocky Horror

Shakespeare in Something Rotten

Squidward in SpongeBob (im so serious)

Sweeney Todd (utterly delusional but I need it to happen)

The Wizard in Wicked

Roles I Think David Would Have Nailed When He Was Younger

The Balladeer in Assassins

anyone in Cats please it would be so funny (especially Munkustrap)

Connor Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen (like Campbell era come ON)

Motel in Fiddler on the Roof

Marvin in Falsettos (he MIGHT get away with that now not sure)

Monty in Gentleman's Guide

J.P. Finch in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman

Emmet in Legally Blonde

Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors

Edgar Allan Poe in Nevermore

Leo Frank in Parade

Narrator/Cat in the Hat in Seussical

Georg in She Loves Me

any character Christian Borle played in Spamalot

Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd

Roles David Quite Doesn't Have The Instrument For But I Would Watch Him Do Them Anyway Bc He Would Act The Hell Out Of Them:

Any Elder in The Book of Mormon (Younger)

Robert in Bridges of Madison County

Bobby in Company (Younger)

Jervis in Daddy Long Legs (Younger)

Lucheni in Elisabeth (Younger)

or death. Rudolph too tbh

Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home

Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre

Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde (younger)

Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (younger)

Javert in Les Miserables

Christian in Moulin Rouge (Younger)

Pierre in Great Comet (this one actually kills me bc he and Phileas are so similar)

OR ANATOLE HOLY CRAP

Gabe in Next to Normal (Younger)

Erik in Phantom of the Opera

Mark Cohen in Rent (younger)

Noel Gruber or Ricky Potts in Ride the Cyclone (younger)

Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden

Joe/Josephine in Some Like It Hot

BURRS IN THE WILD PARTY OH I WISH THIS WERE REALISTIC IT WOULD BE SO GOOD

GOD this is long please spill the opinions so this was worth it

[cliozaur]

Just saw a production featuring two of this trio. Unfortunately, PQ was not a part of it. It's amazing how they are interconnected. All three of them were in Les Mis. Roger Allam and Philip Quast were in Macbeth together (Ian McKellen was also in Macbeth but much earlier). Then they played a gay couple in La Cage aux Folles, and Ian McKellen joined them for the celebration of his 70th anniversary (in the photo above), for which Philip served a cake. And now Ian McKellen and Roger Allam play a gay couple in Frank and Percy. So much charm and charisma among the three of them – it's unbelievable!

[themousefromfantasyland]

Albert, Nathan Lane's character in 1996 The Birdcage, is trans.

She is more comfortable in women's clothes, gets visibly upset everytime people refer to her as man, sees herself in the role of Val's mother, and more importantly, has an easier time pretending she is a cis woman than a cis man.

I don't know how this is true for the other versions of the character in the musical, the play and the original Italian film, but I think that it expresses perfectly how many old school drag queens were secretly trans women.

In a time when sexuality and gender identity were understood to be the same thing and any deviance from the norm would bring you the same slurs, gay men and trans women were lumped together.

Drag was probably the closest thing these women found to express their true gender identity and was easier than gender surgery and hormone replacement.

I wonder if, in the current year, Albert would already have transitioned.

@ariel-seagull-wings @thealmightyemprex @amalthea9 @the-blue-fairie

[newhologram]

THE BIRDCAGE and LA CAGE AUX FOLLES: The Inside Story Super in-depth episode that covers decades of queer history.

[ufonaut]

the new london production of la cage aux folles at regent's park open air theatre is completely, and i mean completely, astounding -- out of every west end show i've ever seen, last night firmly cemented this one as the absolute best! deliriously funny, heartfelt and more significant than ever with one of the best casts any show's ever landed, this definitely isn't one to miss 🌈🌈🌈 (31/07/2023)

[suchamiracle-does-exist]

Dear @faisonsunreve thanks for the tag. This was definitely a time taking task but so much fun to do. A true time travel to your watching history. To my surprise there are three French films and three Tom Hanks films included. 😄

A few comments about certain choices.

Favorite film of all time: The Thief of Bagdad (1940): The jewel of the film is Conrad Veidt’s insane Jaffar dressed up with the turban.

Best script: Some Like It Hot (1959): The story about two antihero musicians trying to make a living and avoiding gangsters by dressing as women and joining a female band and traveling to Miami is still unique to watch.

Favorite poster: The Empire Strikes Back (1980): Memories from the childhood. Darth Vader’s perhaps a little too epic posture promises you an emotional adventure and that promise will be fulfilled.

"I’ll watch it some day": Napoléon (1927): @missholson and I were introduced to this 6-hour biopic of Napoleon and we were stunned by the shots of the twenty-minute triptych sequence, where widescreen panorama is made by projecting multiple-image montages simultaneously on three screens. Blu-ray is waiting on the shelf.

Big personal impact: Elvis (2022): I wasn’t prepared for the narrative where female gaze and male vulnerability are allowed and validated.

You like, but everyone hates: Angels & Demons (2009): Don’t know today’s reception but when it was released the film was heavily criticized by the critics and the audience. I like both this and The Da Vinci Code (2006), but having more convincing characters, plot and hold for the entirety makes it better than the first one.

Underrated: The Ninth Gate (1999): Polanski is a very contradictory director for his sexual abuse charges, therefore it feels shameful to admit liking his films or considering his films to be valued. Many find Gate as a dull thriller. The film doesn’t rely on jump scares or gore but the mystery around the occult books and the things you can’t see. 

"Why do I like this?": Bachelor Party (1984): This is my favourite question of them all. I discussed with @faisonsunreve about on what basis you should answer this and does it reveal your true movie taste. The 80’s crazy comedy is a silly and out-dated genre and that is why the films of this era fascinate me. Bachelor Party is full of lame humor and over-the-top characters. Yet the storyline is versatile and entertaining. Young Tom Hanks embodies the past. 

Great soundtrack: La Cage aux Folles (1978): Ennio Morricone has said first he has to understand the film, the images, the story and the director’s intentions before starting to compose. I would like to know his study for Folles, because the soundtrack has such a humorous, characteristic and warm sound. 

That cinematography: Furiant (2015): I was balancing between Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) and La double vie de Véronique (1991), but this short film stands out with the way the rural landscapes, the dimly lit rooms and the unspoken moments are visualized (and edited) by the producer, director, writer, cinematographer and editor Ondřej Hudeček.

Criminally overlooked: Angélique film series (1964-68): Yes, you could put almost any Conrad Veidt film here, however I chose this. I have been fond of Angélique films since I was a child. These spectacles tell the story of Angélique in the time of King Louis XIV of France. Romance, adventure, scheming with breathtaking soundtrack and costume design, beautiful Michèle Mercier in the leading role and the flashy way of speaking French offer us an exquisite interpretation from the 60’s. 

Favorite active director: Peter Strickland: I have seen only The Duke of Burgundy (2014) and Flux Gourmet (2022), nevertheless his style of using the aesthetics of Italian genre films and the intimacy he creates is just heartwarming.

Anyone who wants to make their own version, please do and let me know. 📼📀📦🔦

[talesofthefandoms]

La Locker Room Aux Folles was a masterpiece!

man I cant even begin to form words at how beautiful this episode was. I just loved it so so much😭😭😭 ALSO WHEN I HEARD “I AM WHAT I AM” I SCREAMED

I’ll make another post later about specific things, but I just wanted to say how seen and represented I feel right now 🥹

also the whole team turning to Jamie because they thought he was the one that was gay 🤣

and Trent gazing at Ted most of the episode 🥺

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

I briefly discussed this song in my David Tennant video essay in relation to both Crowley’s character and David’s status as a queer icon, and it’s a song that’s come to mean so much to me. One of my favorite things about Crowley is his fiercely defiant sense of self in spite of the intense loneliness it causes him, which is what I think I Am What I Am is all about, and I hope I’ve managed to capture that in this video!