Loading...
Loading...
On-Air Promo Creative 115x175
|| News ||

POST COMMENT(4)   Bookmark and Share EMAIL  PRINT  RECOMMEND

3 readers have recommended this story.

Page 1 of 1

Kelsey Grammer Stars in La Cage aux Folles


KELSYE GRAMMER X 390 (GETTY)

Actor Kelsey Grammer will star in the Broadway revival of Jerry Herman’s drag musical La Cage aux Folles, reports the New York Post. The Emmy award-winning star of long-running sitcoms Cheers and Frasier will portray Georges, a nightclub proprietor, opposite British actor Douglas Hodge as Albin, his high-strung drag-performing lover. The musical, noted for introducing the gay anthem “I Am What I Am,” is expected to open in April.

Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Facebook. Page 1 of 1

POST COMMENT(4)   Bookmark and Share EMAIL  PRINT  RECOMMEND

3 readers have recommended this story.

Reader Comments
  • Name: MarcDom7
    Date posted: 11/30/2009 7:26:21 PM
    Hometown: Seattle

    Comment:

    To be fair, being a conservative does not preclude one from being in support of gay rights. But I haven't heard anything from Grammar in one way or another in terms of equal rights, so I really can't say.

  • Name: mike
    Date posted: 11/25/2009 11:12:31 PM
    Hometown: denver

    Comment:

    How many times are they going to revive this show? Wasn't it just recently (somewhere in the last 5 years) brought back?

  • Name: geo
    Date posted: 11/25/2009 7:20:37 PM
    Hometown: brighton, ny

    Comment:

    It feels like Grammar wants to have it both ways: on one hand, he's made his name on some very gay-friendly entertainment ventures ("Frasier" had two openly gay actors in its recurring cast, along with David Hyde Pierce, who came out later, and the show frequently dealt with gay issues in a thoughtful and fun manner), but Grammar's staunch support for conservative politics puts him in league with many of those who have done the most to try and keep gays from their rights and being treated decently. Grammar's also recently appeared in films like the conservative comedy flop "An American Carol" which had cheap shots at gay rights. After two failed sitcoms in a row and a number of movie failures, Grammar's career is in the toilet, and one of the reasons is likely because he's lost touch with what was and should be a part of his natural fan base. "Frasier" was not a show that seemed geared toward the Limbaugh set, nor has much of Grammar's acting career. He needs to find his conscience

  • Name: Kyle
    Date posted: 11/25/2009 2:46:05 PM
    Hometown: L.A.

    Comment:

    I am pleased that the show is being revived. It has some great music. Grammer is a talented actor. But he seems somewhat of an odd selection given that his conservative Republican politics are in conflict with the play's theme. His Frasier "brother, David Hyde Pierce, would be a more appropriate casting!



More Online Only
  • Art Slideshow Flag Artist Spotlight: Que Duong

    A fortune-teller told Que Duong's mother he would amount to nothing — which is why he gives everything he has to each photo he takes.

  • Music Thicke and Juicy

    Sexy soul singer Robin Thicke opens up about his Precious wife, homophobia in the music industry, and the gay men who’ve shaped his life and love since childhood. 

  • Internet Herman on Why He Wants to Stop H8

    Fitness trainer, Real World alum, and marriage equality advocate Scott Herman took some time between crunches to tell The Advocate that his concern for gay rights isn't manufactured, and he doesn't mind men checking him out.

  • News Celebration of Courage Not So Courageous

    Advocate contributor Michael Lucas says the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission needs to be doing more to stop violence against gays and lesbians in countries "oppressed by Islam."

  • Commentary The Truth Behind Her Name Was Steven

    Advocate contributor Eden Lane says CNN's Her Name Was Steven will help raise the visibility of trans people on TV, but the most compelling part of Susan Stanton's journey was left to a title card at the end of the film.

  • Television Laverne, Surely

    I Want to Work for Diddy alum Laverne Cox leads a trio of transgender ladies in VH1’s Transform Me, a new makeover show that flatters her hooker-heavy résumé.

  • Music Cherie’s Jubilee

    With The Runaways, the new film about her life with Joan Jett, pioneering rock star Cherie Currie is enjoying a renaissance ... with a little help from Dakota Fanning.

  • Activism Sex-Ed Student Turns Teen Activist

    When sex education classes at Danny Sparks's high school failed to address the issues important to him, he took matters into his own hands ... and became an activist in the process.

  • Photography Slideshow Flag Artist Spotlight: Ryan Colford

    From his "candy shoppe" line — sweet treats made oh-so sexy — to his black and white studies of the male form, photographer Ryan Colford exposes the beauty of the male body.

  • Commentary What Massa Could Learn From Ashburn

    COMMENTARY: Matthew S. Bajko says Republican California state senator Roy Ashburn deserves praise for coming out of the closet despite his antigay voting record. Now, if only former congressman Eric Massa would follow his lead.

  • Music The Truth About Tracy and Kim

    Don’t be tardy for this party! DJ Tracy Young comes clean — mostly — about her rumored lesbian relationship with Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak.

  • News Video Content Flag Kids Say the Darndest Things

    Micah Schraft and his boyfriend, John, were filming Micah's family at Thanksgiving when the 5-year-old son of a family friend wanted to know if the two were husbands. The result is a video you have to see. 

  • Commentary The Importance of Being Counted

    With benefits from boosting hate-crimes and marriage equality laws to simply letting legislators know gay Americans indeed exist, the 2010 Census is a chance to stand up and be counted.

1037 COVER X135 | ADVOCATE.COM