History Trivia / LaCageAuxFolles

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Harvey Fierstein told Jerry Herman that the show "Look Over There" was going to be the BreakawayPopHit, however, "I Am What I Am" became this while "Look Over There" is forgotten to the point that Herman used to tease Fierstein when it was played.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Harvey Fierstein told Jerry Herman that the show "Look Over There" was going to be the 11 o'clock number, however "I Am What I Am" became this while Harvey's predicted song is forgotten to the point that Jerry use to tease him when "Look Over There" was played.

* RecursiveAdaptation: Played with. WordOfGod has is it the musical is mostly based off Jean Poiret's 1973 stage play and not the movie (due to the creative team only having the rights to the play and not its adaptations), though Jerry Herman admitted he was excited and inspired to compose the musical after watching the 1978 film.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It originally was conceived by a completely different creative team -- aside from producer Allan Carr -- as ''The Queen of Basin Street'', which would have been set in New Orleans rather than St. Tropez. The executive producers fired that team and started from scratch! Originally hired director Creator/MikeNichols would go on to Americanize the story]] as the 1996 film ''Film/TheBirdcage''.

* SameLanguageDub: Ugo Tognazzi had his role completely re-dubbed by Pierre Mondy (who had previously directed the first run of the stage play) because the producers feared his French wasn't good enough.[[note]]Although other sources claim that Tognazzi, fearing to be eclipsed by his more flamboyant co-star Michel Serrault, refused at the last moment to play in French as his contract provided for; which had the effect of destabilizing Serrault who didn't understand Italian.[[/note]] He's still dubbed in the sequels, but by different actors.[[note]]Michel Beaune in the second, and Serge Sauvion in the third.[[/note]]

* TropeNamer: For IAmWhatIAm, named for the song where Albin sings that ''he'', at least, is not ashamed of who he is.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It originally was conceived by a completely different creative team -- aside from producer Allan Carr -- as ''The Queen of Basin Street'', which would have been set in New Orleans rather than St. Tropez. The executive producers fired that team and started from scratch! Originally hired director Mike Nichols would go on to Americanize the story as the 1996 film ''Film/TheBirdcage''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It originally was conceived by a completely different creative team -- aside from producer Allan Carr -- as ''The Queen of Basin Street'', which would have been set in New Orleans rather than St. Tropez. The executive producers fired that team and started from scratch! Originally hired director Mike Nichols would go on to Americanize the story as the 1996 film ''Film/TheBirdcage''.

* RecursiveAdaptation: Played with. WordOfGod has is it the musical is mostly based off Jean Poiret's 1973 stage play and not the movie, though Jerry Herman admitted he was excited and inspired to compose the musical after watching the 1978 film.

* TooSoon: This trope has been blamed for the original Broadway production not running longer than it did (though its four-year run was a more than healthy one) and the failure of the 1986 West End transfer (which ran less than a year). In the mid-1980s, the AIDS crisis broke and had particularly devastating effects in the New York theatre community. Moreover, at this point the disease was thought to be exclusive to gays and drug needle sharers, and whenever the topic was being discussed in the news, this show -- one of the few around, and certainly the only musical, that had gay characters -- always seemed to be brought up. The thinking is that the negative connotations the show became saddled with pushed non-gay audiences away from it. (In the case of the West End version, though, opening just a few months before the original production of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' was probably a much bigger factor in its failure.)

* RecursiveAdaptation: Subverted. WordOfGod has is it the musical is strictly based off Jean Poiret's 1973 stage play and not the movie, though Jerry Herman admitted he was excited and inspired to compose the musical after watching the 1978 film.

* RecursiveAdaptation: Subverted. Though WordOfGod has is it the musical is strictly based off Jean Poiret's 1973 stage play and not the movie, Jerry Herman admitted he was excited and inspired to compose the musical after watching the 1978 film.

* RecursiveAdaptation: Averted. WordOfGod is that the musical is strictly based off Jean Poiret's 1973 stage play and not the movie.
* TooSoon: This trope has been blamed for the original Broadway production not running longer than it did (though its four-year run was a more than healthy one) and the failure of the 1986 West End transfer (which ran less than a year). In the mid-1980s, the AIDS crisis broke and had particularly devestating effects in the New York theatre community. Moreover, at this point the disease was thought to be exclusive to gays and drug needle sharers, and whenever the topic was being discussed in the news, this show -- one of the few around, and certainly the only musical, that had gay characters -- always seemed to be brought up. The thinking is that the negative connotations the show became saddled with pushed non-gay audiences away from it. (In the case of the West End version, though, opening just a few months before the original production of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' was probably a much bigger factor in its failure.)

* HeyItsThatGuy: Roger Allam and Philip Quast, in the Donmar Warehouse production, both played [[Theatre/LesMiserables Inspector Javert]], with Allam as the West End original and Quast the Australian original and part of The Dream Cast.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It originally was conceived by a completely different creative team -- aside from producer Allan Carr -- as ''The Queen of Basin Street'', which would have been set in New Orleans rather than St. Tropez. The executive producers fired that team and started from scratch! Originally hired director Mike Nichols would go on to Americanize the story as the 1996 film ''Film/TheBirdcage''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Roger Allam and Philip Quast, in the Donmar Warehouse production, both played [[Theatre/Les Miserables Inspector Javert]], with Allam as the West End original and Quast the Australian original and part of The Dream Cast.