Photos: Billy Porter, Wayne Brady Rehearse for Encores! La Cage Aux Folles

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Set to open on June 17, this final production of this Encores! season will run for 15 performances through June 28.

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Rehearsals are now underway for the New York City Center Encores! production of La Cage Aux Folles. Set to open on June 17, this final production of this Encores! season will run for 15 performances through June 28. Check out photos of the cast and team in rehearsal below!

Check out a video from rehearsal here.

Tony Award winner Billy Porter will star opposite stage and screen star Wayne Brady . The cast also features Encores! alum Alaman Diadhiou (Jean-Michel), James Jackson Jr. (Jacob), Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins (Jacqueline), Rachel Webb (Anne), Peter Francis James (Edouard), Michael McElroy (Francois), Sharon Washington (Marie), and Lance Coadie Williams (Renaud).

Led by Director Robert O’Hara and Guest Music Director Joseph Joubert with choreography by Edgar Godineaux and tap choreography by Dormeshia, the Tony-winning La Cage Aux Folles by Harvey Fierstein (book) and Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) closes out the 2026 Encores! season.

The musical tells the story of longtime partners Albin and Georges, proprietors of a vibrant drag nightclub in St. Tropez whose world turns upside down when their son brings home his fiancée’s conservative parents. What ensues is a whirlwind of farce, heart, and “A Little More Mascara.”

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas

Wayne Brady and Billy Porter

Wayne Brady and Billy Porter

Wayne Brady and Billy Porter

Wayne Brady

Billy Porter

Tonya Pinkins

Wayne Brady , Billy Porter and Harvey Fierstein

Clint Ramos , Jenny Gersten and Michael Rosenberg

Tonya Pinkins and Billy Porter

Peter Francis James and Sharon Washington

Billy Porter and Joe Dulude

Edgar Godineaux , Dormeshia and Joseph Joubert

Billy Porter and Michael McElroy

Harvey Fierstein

Robert O'Hara and Harvey Fierstein

Rachel Webb and Alaman Diadhiou

Rachel Webb , Harvey Fierstein and Alaman Diadhiou

Tonya Pinkins and Harvey Fierstein

Wayne Brady , Harvey Fierstein and Billy Porter

Wayne Brady and Harvey Fierstein

Billy Porter and Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein and The Set by Clint Ramos

Tonya Pinkins , Harvey Fierstein and Alaman Diadhiou

Wayne Brady

Wayne Brady

Cagelles of La Cage Aux Folles

Cagelles of La Cage Aux Folles

Cagelles of La Cage Aux Folles

Cagelles of La Cage Aux Folles

Alaman Diadhiou and Wayne Brady

Wayne Brady and Alaman Diadhiou

Alaman Diadhiou and Rachel Webb

Rachel Webb

Billy Porter and Wayne Brady

Billy Porter and Wayne Brady

Billy Porter

Wayne Brady and Billy Porter

Wayne Brady and Billy Porter

Wayne Brady and Billy Porter

Get your first listen to La Cage Aux Folles as the 28-piece Encores! Orchestra brings the sweeping, original 1983 orchestrations to life. Watch a new video of Guest Music Director Joseph Joubert conduct the orchestra through Jerry Herman’s score.

Billy Porter will soon return to the stage as Albin in the upcoming Encores! production of La Cage aux Folles, starring opposite Wayne Brady as Georges. Watch Porter praise the talents of his co-star during a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s Bevelations.

The complete cast has been revealed for Encores! La Cage Aux Folles. Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins joins the cast as Jacqueline, along with Peter Francis James as Edouard, and Rachel Webb as Anne.

Get a peek behind the scenes of Encores! La Cage Aux Folles with Billy Porter, Director Robert O’Hara, and Guest Music Director Joseph Joubert. Watch as Porter sings Albin’s first big number in the show, “A Little More Mascara,” and talks with Joubert and O’Hara about the process of approaching the music and the character.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photos-Wayne-Brady-Billy-Porter-Harvey-Fierstein-and-More-in-Rehearsal-For-LA-CAGE-AUX-FOLLES-at-Encores-20260615)._