What's touching about this clip for us gay guys is also that Jerry Herman's presenter is the late Larry Kert who passed away from AIDS, and he was another Broadway talent who was taken from us too soon!
@hpmaraka9 ай бұрын
Larry Kert would himself play Albin on tour a few years later.
@SSdjb7 Жыл бұрын
I am so grateful I found this video. I was moved to tears watching the celebration of La Cage aux Folles. You can feel the joy. Then I reminded myself that the AIDS crisis started in 1985 and how many gay men who were there tonight died from the horror of this disease. Decimating so much talent. Today, HIV infection is very real even though there are drugs like Prep to offer some peace of mind but one must still be careful. The irony that 1984 was a watermark of what once was. I honor the memories of all those lost. The faces and voices of the winners will live on forever in KZbin.
@lynettemaginnis437111 ай бұрын
George, you ARE the very best of the best!!! I met you almost 70 years ago in Memphis, and have followed you ever since!!! I would give ANYTHING to see you again!!!
@jjaydion2 жыл бұрын
I’m going to do “I Am What I Am” in my “local talent” set at Coeur d’Alene (ID) Pride Fest next weekend (6-11-22). The North Idaho “haters” will be protesting ALL things “bright & beautiful (& LGBTQ+)” nearby. Fingers crossed! Much ❤️❤️❤️ to Jerry Herman & Co!
@christinebutler7630 Жыл бұрын
Just seeing this in October '22. Hope it went great for you!
@xak999 Жыл бұрын
How did that turn out? You're very brave to gt out there and do it!
@kinyamadege__6235 Жыл бұрын
Watching this is bringing me to tears. Saw this on broadway in '80's before the AIDs crisis, before I was a nurse. I lost friends. Then 911, now lost friends to fing covid. What a s..tshow life is.
@brian0402635 ай бұрын
The AIDS crisis began in 1981 and was probably around some time before it took hold 🩸🩸
@jandreidrn2 жыл бұрын
3:41 love seeing Mr. Sondheim clapping after the Cagelles' performance.
@zackstark246014 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Jerry Herman Such a Legendary broadway Composer
@manuelorozco77604 жыл бұрын
Zack Stark I prefer Hello Dolly but La Cage is beautiful too. Now I need to see Mame and complete the Holy Trinity of Jerry Herman’s shows
@drsunshine19597 ай бұрын
What a sweet, charming and dear man Jerry Herman was. I - and everybody else - miss him so much.
@radboston3 ай бұрын
My late mother and I were thrilled by this production in Boston by the original Broadway cast. We were blown away by the music, costumes and moving story. Truly a masterpiece.
@JAPelicano12 жыл бұрын
God I love George Hearn....
@manuelorozco77608 жыл бұрын
Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein have created a hilarious, beautiful and resonant musical that speaks to the hearts of those gay or straight. The best of times are always now! RIP Arthur Laurents
@Murph35798 жыл бұрын
George Hearn: Thee most moving, most impressive ad-lib, acceptance speech by anyone in the history of musical theater and the Tonys!
@franciscandiyey Жыл бұрын
I hope we can have a 2023 version of this broadway!!
@JayYoung-ro3vu29 күн бұрын
Sadly, unlikely in this high homophobia (and every kind of phobia) era
@Budcat10110 жыл бұрын
a special show that broke barriers, even on Broadway
@manuelorozco77608 жыл бұрын
Yeah sure did. I saw it four years ago on tour with Christopher Sieber as Albin and George Hamilton as Georges. It was direct from it's 2010 Broadway revival and the production was lavish.
@BGoo774207Ай бұрын
I didn't know this existed. I got to seethe show opening night in Boston. I went with my BF of the time. George Hearn made me cry. I did watching this. Thank You
@AuntieMamie Жыл бұрын
Robert Preston and Gene Barry. Thank you Jerry Herman, Allan Carr, Harvey Fierstein and everyone ever associated with this brilliant show. This musical means so much. What an added treat to see Mr Hearn. I think it’s healthy that I adore him. What a treat to see Mr Herman’s, Mr Fierstein’s and Arthur Laurent’s speeches. Allan Carr was always a trip!! And George Hearn was most deserving. What a charming speech.
@artistphx7 жыл бұрын
HE is one of those men who didn't have to be in a gown to touch the people hearing him do this song, don't you think? I'd prefer to have seen him in character. I saw him do the show and he was wonderful.
@judehutchinson83552 жыл бұрын
Well then he’d have to rush to put his suit back on because Hearn was who accepted the award
@judehutchinson83552 жыл бұрын
Ah shit this was 5 years ago
@navymiguelito2 жыл бұрын
Also loved the movie adaptation of "La Cage Aux Folles" with 1996's "The Bird Cage". Robin Williams was hilarious ("Fosse, Fosse, Fosse..."), and Nathan Lane was perfectly cast for his role.
@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын
The Birdcage is better than the musical. And way funnier.
@DanielSilva-nr2cd Жыл бұрын
The french movie La Cage Aux Folles eats the musical and the american movie for lunch.
@darthilli11 ай бұрын
@@jochenstossberg5427wrong
@bingovegas4867 Жыл бұрын
Sad to see Michael Bennett...he didn't have long to live after that night...just 3 years. So talented. So young then gone forever.
@jessicadavis91776 жыл бұрын
wow, more than half of that audience is no longer with us. so sad but what a legacy.
@latins3735 жыл бұрын
Tout celà n'aurait jamais vu le jour sans LA création de la pièce de théâtre avec Poiret et Serrault au Palais Royal à Paris, et un rappel et hommage auraient été une marque de savoir vivre...
@GBBIII5 жыл бұрын
When Harvey thanked his lover, it may have been the first. It was the first time I heard anyone do it and I just about cried.
@jamessheridan43065 жыл бұрын
No, it definitely wasn't the first time. I remember hearing it often throughout the 70's.
@honggiangvogia4 жыл бұрын
James Sheridan Gay winners thanking their lovers/partners? Common in the 70s? Really?
@Adri_Unsung4 ай бұрын
It wasn’t the first, but it was one of the first. And he was specifically told not to do it and did it anyway which is so powerful
@Joe-sw9nkАй бұрын
I did cry. I remember it well.
@victoriakelly30073 жыл бұрын
I have seen this show 4 times over the last 30 years an utter joy of musical entertainment.💕💕💕
@salliemae74764 жыл бұрын
I saw this musical years ago and loved it! This is my first time seeing the original casts and thanks for posting. I don’t think I have ever seen a young Harvey F.
@jimmyconway2945 жыл бұрын
Plenty of hummable tunes in Sunday in the Park with George.
@echeleteich33473 жыл бұрын
Saw the original Broadway cast. Just breath taking & the costumes were exquisite.
@callumdoherty72044 жыл бұрын
RIP Jerry Herman.
@manuelorozco77604 жыл бұрын
Callum Doherty In 2012, I saw Christopher Sieber as Albin in the national tour of La Cage. Then nearly a year ago I saw Betty Buckley in Hello Dolly
@artistphx2 жыл бұрын
How sad that George couldn't have been in costume! Times have changed. At that time they thought it would be too controversial.
@newportnews55115 жыл бұрын
I miss when they televised the score award, I think it's an important award and doesn't deserve to be glossed over
@nobleza19595 жыл бұрын
For me.... The Best. Version... Big aplause!!!!
@skipstewart9376 Жыл бұрын
Sammy Singhaus, one of the original Cagelles has a close up; at 1:37, he was a wonderful actors and lived out his life in Orlando as Miss Sammy. He was a fantastic entertainer.
@angelicaruiz14065 жыл бұрын
They can dance better in heels than I can in my sneakers
@pomelove9502 Жыл бұрын
03:59 "I Am What I Am" 10:51 George Hearn and Gene Barry. I like them
@thephantomoftheparadise56667 жыл бұрын
This is why I subscribed to you. For stuff like this.
@loutimmons30993 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, talented Arthur Laurents - and he thanked his production stage manger, Fritz Holt. How terrific is that?
@OneAdam12Adam3 жыл бұрын
Now I get why Terrence Stamp did what he did in Priscilla Queen of the Desert during the Cece Peniston song.
@skipp42957 жыл бұрын
George Hearn did not want to do it in drag. His decision he also did not do it in drag at the Grammy;s either.
@mylesharris30505 жыл бұрын
I hope people also realize that George Hearn is straight
@mervyngreene66872 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I remember reading articles that Hearn was always concerned that he looked silly. I don't think that it had anything to do with people's perceptions about his sexuality.
@skipp42952 жыл бұрын
@@mervyngreene6687 I was in the company and when Walter Charles and Keene Curtis took over or took it on tour they did it in full drag when they appeared on shows
@mervyngreene66872 жыл бұрын
I am sure they did. I was just pointing out what I read about Hearn's decision.
@garydiamond81242 жыл бұрын
Why hasn’t there been a musical film made of this by now
@sighwilly94738 жыл бұрын
This was so much better than the repeat performance in 2010...
@manuelorozco77606 жыл бұрын
The 2010 production was beautiful
@bruced.campbell44984 жыл бұрын
@@manuelorozco7760 Agreed. Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge were terrific!
@manuelorozco77604 жыл бұрын
Bruce D. Campbell Sadly I saw the national tour with George Hamilton as George’s and Christopher Sieber as Albin
@1marilynable10 ай бұрын
As a professional drag queen myself this is the ultimate inspiration and true level of greatness for me when i was little i saw this profession as professional and valid. so growing up after that i never thought of drag as amateur or something that doesn't take a lot of work. nowadays drag queens are manufactured and its not at all the calling it should naturally be. I've been doing it for 6 years consitently and have built an okay career for myself atleast for someone in my shoes. For example living in cincinnati and not being a typical type of drag queen in 2023 could have made it so much harder. My style of drag is very polished i'm proud to say but im not the type to dance to top 40, im inspired by vintage stuff and old hollywood
@BTURNER19612 ай бұрын
Not having any direct knowledge here, Can you explain what you mean by drag queens 'being manufactured? ' How are they manufactured, and why would anyone try to manufacture them?
@broadwaymelody336 жыл бұрын
Harvey is so cute 😂
@anniecrestani1121 Жыл бұрын
The Best Of Time's is now baci x
@Ifnotnowthenwhen-r8s2 жыл бұрын
WOW thanks for sharing the awards the people and the show..this brings back great memories of better times when life was abundant and full of promise..
@edreid78722 жыл бұрын
Why haven't they made this into a movie musical?
@mervyngreene66872 жыл бұрын
I always felt that Gene Barry doesn't get the credit he deserves.
@johnv706010 жыл бұрын
Ah, the infamous speech.
@MrPoochsmooch10 жыл бұрын
Are you referring to Jerry Herman's acceptance speech? Yes, it felt as it was direclty to Sondheim.
@johnv706010 жыл бұрын
MrPoochsmooch That's what I was referring to. And with all due respect to Mr. Herman, he knew exactly what he was doing, whether he wants to admit it (or believe it) or not.
@jandreidrn2 жыл бұрын
Shortly after the Tonys that year, Sondheim attended a Q&A in Houston. An audience member asked if he thought Herman's acceptance speech was directed at him. Sondheim's response "You should be embarrassed for asking that question."
@johnyzero20003 жыл бұрын
OMG it's the goddess Anita Morris!!!!
@mervyngreene66872 жыл бұрын
I know. I just love her!
@artistphx2 жыл бұрын
My thoughts still the same!
@rayconnors180610 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@pika238 жыл бұрын
um...this ain't Harvey. my friend just did I am what I am for logo trail blazer honors and made Harvey bawl like a baby
@manuelorozco77608 жыл бұрын
He's actually younger in this video. That must have been very generous of your friend to do that tribute but I didn't see it. I only saw his acceptance speech.
@thechance20358 жыл бұрын
"And now leading lady of La Cage aux Folles, Mr. George Hearne" There is no argument here. That isn't Harvey.
@bnjgirl1336 жыл бұрын
wait is your friend Ginger Minj? Nice.
@besserman16 жыл бұрын
Can someone explain to me which speech was controversial and why it was controversial? Across the pond we may not be aware of all the politics
@SebisRandomTech5 жыл бұрын
His speech was directed at Stephen Sondheim and his composing style.
@cmoouk144 күн бұрын
Who's that in the background at 14.29 on the right? Thanks in advance
@Ursaminor31 Жыл бұрын
Omg wow I feel it
@robinowen785226 күн бұрын
Is Alfonso Ribera at 14:32 to the right of Nancy Dussault?
@magicchandelier2 жыл бұрын
I will ask. Does somebody has this quality entirely show ?
@FabioZerbato2 жыл бұрын
❤
@josephlukowski93825 жыл бұрын
this is really fast !
@pumbaaj7 жыл бұрын
Was Mr. Kander asleep?
@manuelorozco77606 жыл бұрын
I guess so. By the way hate to go off topic but i prefer La Cage over Cabaret
@cynthia4326Ай бұрын
BRAVA BROVO
@Tomy_Yon4 ай бұрын
Pride month 2024 ❤🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🦄
@tleavens3 жыл бұрын
But so many didn’t
@amyclarke419 жыл бұрын
Who is he?😕
@philippe-mj4wv6 ай бұрын
Qui est ce mec que vous présentez comme l auteur de la cage aux folles Bullshit C est jean poiré
@michaelgrant7322Ай бұрын
GEORGE HEARN is such a macho masculine actor (he was brilliant as the disturbing Sweeney Todd) that I just don't think I can see him as the more feminine of the gay couple ZA ZA .. I just don't see it. The orginal movie picked the right actor for that part as ZA ZA
@Gee47473 жыл бұрын
What sets of pins , eat your hart put girls , of today
@tommytimp6 жыл бұрын
And Sondheim had to sit there and take that shit.
@judysullivan30335 жыл бұрын
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@mselbit2 жыл бұрын
No way the winner is better than Sondheim's masterpiece "Sunday in the Park...."
@antonmarino6568 Жыл бұрын
Is all Broadway gay?
@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын
It was a very entertaining show, but if any show needed all the show biz razza matazz, it was this. The recent revivals made a huge mistake getting rid of all of it - because it's so paper thin, and the score so average, it dies without it, frankly. Jerry Herman shouldn't have said what he did, it was extremely patronizing. As a great talent, Stephen Sondheim is in a different class. The proof is in the pudding. La Cage is un-revivable now.
@chadwilliambaker Жыл бұрын
It's been revived twice to extreme fanfare both times, so...
@jandreidrn Жыл бұрын
@@chadwilliambaker And both revivals won Tonys for Best Musicals!! Whereas both revivals of Sunday In The Park With George on Broadway however... went home nada. Zilch. The last one didn't even got any nominations!
@silentsmurf Жыл бұрын
@@jandreidrn the last one withdrew itself from nominations since it was such a limited run and they didn’t want to give away so many tickets for the awards voters
@adda725610 жыл бұрын
juif et gay!!!!! OUF difficile non?
@howtubeable6 жыл бұрын
Dreary. Drag doesn't age well.
@mediterraneanworld Жыл бұрын
like your comment....
@darthilli11 ай бұрын
Nobody asked you Patrice
@keanuhill94812 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget who came up with La Cage aux Folles. Grease producer, Allan Carr! He was the one who helped made a play from France turn it into a Broadway Extravaganza for years to come. 🙂