Was Jerry Herman subtly trying to tell us something in La Cage aux Folles? Note that he saved "The Best of Times (Is Now)" as his eleven o'clock number. No one knew it at the time, but it would be the last new Herman song that would ever be heard on Broadway. Given that Herman was only fifty-two in 1983, we certainly expected more scores, ones that would enhance shows that might run as long as his Mame (1,508 perfor…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:10AM on August 20, 2013