Eisenhower Theater
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The Eisenhower Theater seats 1,100, and is the smallest of the theaters on the Center's main level. It primarily hosts plays and musicals, operas, ballet and contemporary dance. Its namesake, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, signed into law the National Cultural Center Act in 1958, the first time in history that our government backed and helped finance a structure dedicated to the performing arts. The theater contains an orchestra pit for 40 musicians that is convertible to a forestage or additional seating space. The walls are of East Indian laurel wood. The red and black stage curtain of hand-woven wool is a gift from the people of Canada.
Now performing in the Eisenhower Theater :
La Cage aux Folles
- Jan. 17 - Feb. 12, 2012
- Eisenhower Theater
- Running Time: 2 hours, 45 minutes
- Tickets and Schedule
Description:
Winner of three Tony Awards(r) including Best Musical Revival, this hilarious new production of La Cage aux Folles was on the most "Top 10" lists of any musical in 2010! Now La Cage starring George Hamilton and Christopher Sieber is bringing you Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein's tuneful and touching tale of one family's struggle to stay together… stay fabulous… and above all else, stay true to themselves!
La Cage tells the story of Georges (Hamilton), the owner of a glitzy nightclub in lovely Saint-Tropez, and his partner Albin (Sieber), who moonlights as the glamorous chanteuse Zaza. When Georges' son brings his fiancée's conservative parents home to meet the flashy pair, the bonds of family are put to the test as the feather boas fly! With a glorious score of hummable melodies and a dynamite cast featuring the "notorious and dangerous Cagelles," La Cage is an indisputable musical comedy classic... and this extraordinary new version shows you why! Performed with live Orchestra.
Performance Timing: Act I - 80 min.; Intermission - 20 min.; Act II - 65 min.
