April 8, 2026

💬 La Cage aux Folles* — The Musical That Changed Everything — Discussion Guide

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Kris Fitzgerald
Creator, TWiQH

La Cage aux Folles* — The Musical That Changed Everything

On August 21, 1983, a gay couple kissed on the stage of the Palace Theatre on 47th Street. Not in a downtown experimental space. Not in a black-box theater for adventurous theatergoers. On Broadway. In a mainstream commercial musical that the whole city had come to see.

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5 Questions to Reflect On

  • 1. Albin's dignity vs. Jean-Michel's shame. The emotional core of the story is Jean-Michel asking Albin to make himself invisible for the sake of conservative in-laws.

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