Daniel Davis to Star as Georges in La Cage

As Ken Mandelbaum wrote earlier today, Daniel Davis will appear as Georges opposite Gary Beach's Albin in the upcoming Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles, a production source told Broadway.com.

Davis, best known for his role as Niles on the sitcom The Nanny, is currently appearing on Broadway in The Frogs. He also appeared on the Great White Way in The Invention of Love, Wrong Mountain for which he earned a Tony nomination and Amadeus. His off-Broadway credits include The Tragedy of Richard III, Lake No Bottom and Talking Heads.

Set in St. Tropez, France, La Cage aux Folles centers on Georges Davis, the host of the La Cage aux Folles drag show, and his flamboyant star Albin Beach, who has been Georges' lover and basically the mother to his son Jean-Michel for approximately 20 years. Their seemingly perfect life is thrown into disarray when Jean-Michel arrives home with the woman, Anne, he plans to marry and her parents, conservative moral crusaders. Based on a French play of the same name by Jean Poiret which also inspired the popular American movie The Birdcage, La Cage aux Folles features music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and a book by Harvey Fierstein.

This production of La Cage aux Folles, directed by Jerry Zaks, is scheduled to begin previews at the Marquis Theatre on November 7 in preparation for a December 9 opening. No casting has been confirmed for the revival, but Mandelbaum also wrote that Angela Gaylor has been mentioned to play Anne and Nancy Opel might play Marie.