La Cage de las Locas premieres from November 16 to 20 at 8:30 pm in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater.
French actor Jean Gustav Poiré (Jean Poiret) author of The Cage of Madwomen, never acted outside of France in any of the films that were made. Of course, with more than 40 films behind him, he acted under the orders of great directors such as Truffaut, Chabrol, René Clair or Marcel Camus.
He died in 1992 (his centenary will be commemorated in 2026), his work has transcended him, especially because through a comedy of entanglements, he drew a reality that continues to exist today both on stage and in reality.
La cage de las locas (La cage aux folles), premiered in 1973, arrives on stage for the first time as a musical theater, in the very version of Broadway.
Cecilia García and Carlos Espinal are the ones who make its presentation possible in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater from November 16, as announced at a press conference.
Someone commented to elCaribe that Raeldo López is extraordinary in the role of Jaycob; and he also spoke of the incredible professional capacity of Alejandro Moss who had to assume the role of JJ Sánchez, discharged due to a car accident, and Moss in just 24 hours brought not only the lyrics learned, but also the music. That someone was Cecilia Garcia.
A large cast participates in La Cage where Cecilia delivers a special participation as Jacqueline, in addition to being the artistic producer of the work. Carlos Espinal, who is the general director of the musical, is Zaza on stage. José Lora “Checho” is George, Ana Rivas is Mrs. Din Don and Richard Douglas is Mr. Din Don, while Sabrina Gómez will play Hanna.
Other actors who are part of the cast are Miguel Lendor “Papachín”, Mario Arturo, Laura Isabel Fernández, Julian Bocquier, Frank Salazar, Edwin Rivera, Vanessa Cucurullo.
The choreography is by Iván Tejada, art direction, Marcos Malespín, stage direction Amaury Esquea, voice editing and special participation Sibelle Márquez; makeup and hairstyles, Jacqueline Almonte, Jhonatan Jiménez Pérez and Sibelle Márquez.
Live music
For some time now it has become common that many of the musicals have been made with recorded music, something that goes against the laws of quantum physics of musicals.
Dante Cucurullo, musical director, has responded to elCaribe: “You know that I would be incapable of having my musicians there dubbing a recording! We go with a small orchestra of 9 musicians; but the music that will play is the original from Broadway! ”, he expressed.
The cage of the crazy
Zaza and George, a charming gay couple, are the owners of a famous transvestite club: La cage de las locas (“La cage aux folles”). His life will be turned upside down when the gay couple’s son, Jean Michel, 20, decides to marry his girlfriend Ann Din Don, daughter of an important extremely conservative politician, Edward Dindon, whose motto is “Family, Progress and Moral”. The conflict begins with Jean-Michel’s request to his father so that on the day of the presentation of his in-laws, Zaza and George hide their connection to the cabaret La cage de las locas (“La cage aux folles”)
