Characters
- Georges – Albin's partner, and owner of La Cage aux Folles, as well as compère.
- Albin – Georges' partner, and the star of La Cage aux Folles as drag queen "Zaza."
- Jacob – Butler (though he clearly prefers to be called a maid), and Albin's personal assistant.
- Jean-Michel – Georges' son from a short-lived affair twenty-four years ago.
- Anne Dindon – Jean-Michel's fiancée.
- Monsieur Edouard Dindon – Anne's ultra-conservative father, and leader of the Tradition, Family and Morality Party.
- Madame Marie Dindon – Edouard's wife and Anne's mother.
- Jaqueline – Georges and Albin's friend and the owner of classy restaurant, "Chez Jaqueline."
- Monsieur and Madame Renaud – Owners of the Promenade Café.
- Francis – Stage manager of La Cage aux Folles.
- Les Cagelles – The drag performers at La Cage aux Folles who also serve as background performers for Zaza.
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