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On broadway: Jerry's girls in their glory: when the chorus line from La Cage shakes a leg, it's in size 12 pumps.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JAN-05
Format: Online - approximately 788 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
They like to think of themselves as "Jerry's Girls"--in honor of Jerry Herman, their composer; Jerry Zaks, their director; and Jerry Mitchell, their choreographer. But of course, they're boys. They're the Cagelles, the drag chorus line that provides much of the entertainment in the St. Tropez nightclub known as La Cage aux Folles--and in the 1983 musical that shares its name and is now back on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre.

A few weeks before the show began previews, wearing sneakers and jeans and, in some cases several days' worth of stubble, they weren't looking very girlish. But as the show goes to great lengths to point out, appearances can be deceiving. Within a few weeks, these...

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