Play's action spills out into 160-seat venue Many a tiny downtown delight has wound up looking worse for wear after being repositioned in the West End. But that's clearly not the case for the triumphant arrival at the Playhouse Theater of the Menier Chocolate Factory's "La Cage aux Folles." The trick was holding on to what made this revival so smart in its initial fringe outing earlier this year. The production papered over the cracks -- chasms, more like it -- in Harvey Fierstein's heart-on-sleeve but schematic book by adding front-row tables and spilling the action out into its 160-seat venue so auds felt they actually were in the intimate club of the show's title. Despite expansion to a 777-seater, set designer Tim Shortall has retained that intimacy. A row of tables again lines the front of a stage-within-the-stage,...
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