The Fascinating Backstory to LA CAGE AUX FOLLES’ Creation — and Why ‘Lawsuits Ensued’
The 1983 Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles was almost a project titled The Queen of Basin Street, with music by Maury Yeston and direction by Mike Nichols. In the new book A Very Unusual Way: Maury Yeston and His Singular Path to Broadway and Beyond (released Wednesday, July 1), author Joshua Rosenblum recounts how Jean Poiret’s French play La Cage aux Folles — which was adapted into the 1978 film of the sa…