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‘Shucked’ Actor Kevin Cahoon on Starring in Pasadena’s ‘La Cage aux Folles’ Revival: ‘It’s 2024, and We’re Still Talking About People Shutting Down Drag Clubs’
Kevin Cahoon, a Tony nominee for 'Shucked,' discusses playing a tender-hearted drag artist in the Pasadena Playhouse's 'La Cage aux Folles' revival.
When Kevin Cahoon got his Tony and Drama Desk nominations in 2023 as a featured actor in Broadway’s “Shucked,” he played a hayseed character whose sexuality might or might not have been known to everyone in his straight-laced, corn-fed community. The Pasadena production is notable as one of the few times a major revival has been put up with two well-known gay actors being cast, as Cahoon shares the raucous show’s more tenderly romantic scenes with Cheyenne Jackson. Cahoon also discusses everything from his very first show-biz triumph — winning “Star Search” as a young teen — to how Peanut, the character he played in “Shucked,” was inspired by both Minnie Pearl and shamen.
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