FROM THE ARCHIVES: Inside the Risky, First Out-of-Town Preview of La Cage aux Folles That Put a Gay Love Story Center Stage

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Inside the Risky, First Out-of-Town Preview of La Cage aux Folles That Put a Gay Love Story Center Stage by Arthur Laurents

Were audiences in 1983 ready to see two gay men openly express physical affection onstage? Read director Arthur Laurents’ firsthand account of the nervous energy at the first public performance.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02pm on June 18, 2017 ☆ ⚑

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