WEST End leading lady Marti Webb is to join the already announced John Partridge and Adrian Zmed in Bill Kenwright's highly anticipated first ever British tour of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical La Cage Aux Folles.
Playing Jacqueline, friend to Albin and Georges and owner of the restaurant Chez Jacqueline, Webb will appear at the Grand Opera House, York, from May 30 to June 3 next year on a tour that also will visit Leeds Grand Theatre from March 21 to 25.
Webb has starred in leading roles in numerous West End and touring musicals, such as Evita, Godspell, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Blood Brothers, Oliver, Oklahoma, 42nd Street, and Half A Sixpence, as well as Tell Me On A Sunday, a one-woman show written specifically for her by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black.
Webb has recorded nine solo albums and the theme tune to the BBC1 series Howard's Way and her signature song, Take That Look off Your Face, brought her a number three hit in 1980. She last appeared at the Grand Opera House as Mrs Johnstone in Willy Russell's Blood Brothers in December 2008.
Marti Webb, as Mrs Johnstone, with Sean Jones as Mickey, in Blood Brothers at the Grand Opera House, York, in 2008
Written by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman, and based on the 1973 French play of the same name by Jean Poiret, La Cage Aux Folles follows the story of Georges, the manager of a Saint Tropez nightclub, and his partner, Albin, a drag artiste and the club’s star attraction.
They live an idyllic existence in the south of France but behind the curtains of this sparkling extravaganza, all may soon change after Georges’s son Jean-Michel announces his engagement to the daughter of a notorious right-wing politician, who is determined to close down the local colourful night-life. When a meeting of the parents forces them to cover up their vibrant lifestyle, can Albin play the role of his life to ensure that Jean-Michel will marry his love?
York tickets can be booked on 0844 871 3024 or at atgtickets.com/york; Leeds tickets, 0844 848 2700 or leedsgrandtheatre.com
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