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Whether it’s chanting in synagogue, composing and playing classical music, penning blockbusting musicals or chartbusting pop songs – the Jewish love of music is self evident.
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Just as audiences are savouring the chemistry between the current couple, Roger Allam’s Albin and Philip Quast’s Georges (his second stint in the role), the next Albin, John Barrowman (hugely popular star of BBC TV’s Dr Who and Torchwood) has already been named!
So if you want to see how splendidly the pairing of Allam and Quast works, you’ve only got until September.
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Certainly with Allam and Quast in those central roles, it's a great night out with a terrific celebratory atmosphere. The format of the show is wonderfully inclusive of the audience from the moment Georges begins his opening MC's spiel. He’s the owner of the French Riviera’s feted Drag Club, La Cage aux Folles and his life partner is its admittedly veteran leading ‘lady’ Madame Zaza aka Albin. The first silhouetted appearance of the Club’s chorus ‘girls’ Les Cagelles generates a deliciously naughty excitement. And these lovely movers look and sound just great - with legs most women can only aspire to, shown off to perfection from every angle by Lynne Page’s sexy choreography.
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Herman’s score proves memorable - and superbly performed, especially by Philip Quast, who has a spell-binding voice and delivery.
