La Cage aux Folles program
date: label: date made
content: 1988
notes: label: Description
content: Program from the Long Beach Civic Light Opera presents "La Cage aux Folles" from October 6-23, 1988 at the Terrace Theater of the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center.
label: Description
content: La Cage Aux Folles is a musical farce, with book by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics by Jerry Herman, that was a landmark in the history of representation of LGBTQ people on Broadway when it opened in 1983: the first major musical to focus on a homosexual relationship. The show, based on a French play of the same name, tells the story of a gay couple, Georges and Albin, manager and star of a drag nightclub in Saint-Tropez, who face a crisis when Georges’ son brings his fiancée and her conservative family to visit. The original production ran for 1,761 performances and won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book. The show's act one finale "I Am What I Am," a declaration of pride and self-acceptance, has become a gay anthem and has been covered by a number of musical artists.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California
topic: label: associated subject
content: Theater
label: associated subject
content: LGBTQ
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3021.164
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3021
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3021.164
objectType: label: Object Name
content: program
label: Object Name
content: program, theatre
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm