Kelsey Grammer Is Big Draw, Drawback in Smart <cite>La Cage</cite> Revival, by Jeremy Gerard
The reductions in this stripped-down version, Broadway's latest import from London's Menier Chocolate Factory, seem especially stark as it follows closely a 2005 revival that matched the opulent 1985 Tony-winning original sequin for sequin. Yet unlike the shrunken revivals of other big Broadway musicals, this one makes sense. Terry Johnson's smart, tight, rough-edged and slightly tacky production gets closer to the s…