Quotes from La Cage Aux Folles press night at the Playhouse Theatre
Read the amazing 5 Star reviews below and book you tickets early, because it looks like this show is going to be a MASSIVE HIT!
Daily Mail – Quentin Letts – 31/10/08
Five Stars
“A total triumph”
“Irresistible”
“Jerry Herman’s witty, melodic, uncomplicated songs”
“A belter of a night out”
Evening Standard – Nicholas de Jongh – 31/10/08
“A sentimental, spectacular show”
“A wonderful chorus of athletic, high-kicking drag queens”
“A world of appealing, comic make-believe”
“Douglas Hodge revels in with seductive élan in Albin’s swishing, simmering drag act”
Whatsonstage.com – Michael Coveney – 31/10/08
Five Stars
“Gorgeous”
“Douglas Hodge gives a knock-out, irresistible performance”
“Terry Johnson’s marvellous production”
“Hodge builds his performance to a storming exit”
“Lynn Page’s stunning choreography”
“A great Broadway show has been re-born as a classic musical comedy with real punch and pizzazz”
Daily Telegraph – Charles Spencer – 01/11/08
“Bravo” At last a musical to sweep away those credit-crunch blues”
“Jerry Herman’s exuberantly tuneful musical”
“This joyous show and Douglas Hodge’s wonderful performance deserve every hurrah and standing ovation they receive”
“As an antidote to the credit-crunch blues, La Cage aux Folles, is unbeatable. And the conspiracy of pleasure Terry Johnson’s production creates seems even more irresistible now”
“This is one of those golden, glowing shows that makes everyone seems welcome”
“It is impossible to praise Hodge’s wonderfully, deeply touching performance too highly. There is a deliciously comic delicacy about his feminine movements, a sense of damaged dignity beyond his outrageous hissy fits”
Thjis is one of those thrilling, high-definition performances that will linger long in the memory of all who see it”
“The boys playing the girls of La Cage bring the house down with their extravagant drag, outrageous rudery and brilliantly choreographed dance routines.
“This is a glorious night of showbiz razzle-dazle and emotional generosity”
The Times – Sam Marlowe – 03/11/08
“Gay old comedy struts with a new vitality”
“Suddenly the West End sparkles: Terry Johnson’s production of this 1983 Jerry Herman / Harvey Fierstein show transfers triumphantly from the small-yet-mighty Menier Chocolate Factory”
“Terry Johnson, aided by Lynn Page’s dazzling choreography, makes a chirpy comedy into a beautiful bird of paradise, glowing with colour, strutting with attitude and all the more effective for the moulting, mangy patches in its bright plumage”
“This is a production that delights”
“Douglas Hodge in full slap and wig assumes magnificence”
“A gut-wrenching, roof-raising rendition of the enduring anthem I Am What I Am”
“Sew on a sequin, slip into some heels and go”
Independent – Michael Coveney – 03/11/08
Five Stars
“This fantastic revival fully restores a great show as a bitter-sweet social classic”
“Herman’s rich, melodic score has been brilliantly adapted by Jason Carr”
The Guardian – Michael Billington – 01/11/08
Five Stars
“Douglas Hodge’s St. Tropez transvestite bestrides the stage like a camp Colossus”
“The chief glory of this revival, however is Hodge’s rhinestoned Albin, which proves once again that inside most legit actors is a vaudevillian act to be let out”
“A display of energy unrivalled on a West End stage”
“A showbiz landmark”
Independent on Sunday – Kate Bassett – 02/11/08
“A joyous triumph”
“Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein’s joyously camp musical”
“This show is a triumph for the London Fringe’s Menier Chocolate Factory”
“Lawson reveals his natty panache, launching into flurries of tap and nimbly balancing on the tip of his chaise longue. He can croon a tune admirably too”
“Douglas Hodge is simply wonderful in a spangled frock, and a hilarious and adorable blend of burliness and effable sweetness. His softly smiling relationship with the audience is enchanting. His fey mannerisms are comically spot-on”
Sunday Express – Mark Shenton – 02/11/08
Five Stars
“Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein’s blissfully tuneful and funny musical farce, and the spectacular new West End production, is full of heart and fun”
“Douglas Hodge plays the role of drag queen Albin with a dazzling and sinuating brilliance”
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