Catherine Jacquart, manager of the 'Chez Michou' cabaret and niece of late French director 'Michou', famed for his somewhat risque shows in Paris' famous Montmartre cabaret, poses in 2020. (Photo by ...

(CNN) — A Parisian drag cabaret club that has hosted singers such as Liza Minnelli and Serge Gainsbourg is closing its doors due to financial struggles. Chez Michou, which lies in the hilltop ...

For more than half a century, the most flamboyant figure in Paris’s liveliest district was a bouffant-haired man with a single name, Michou. Habitually dressed in blue — often with a blue satin jacket ...

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Michou, a legend of the Paris night scene who helped inspire the comedy classic "La Cage aux Folles", died Sunday at the age of 88. A trailblazer who established drag cabaret in France, Michou died in ...

Michou, center, at his cabaret in Montmartre. “I hope you’re enjoying your dinner,” he told the crowd. “If the meat is good, it’s because I slept with the butcher!”Credit...Dmitry Kostyukov for The ...

Since 1956, his jewel box of a club in storied Montmartre has drawn a host of luminaries, turning the proprietor himself into one. By Liz Alderman Michou, a flamboyant fixture of the Parisian ...

A trailblazer who established drag cabaret in France, Michou died in a Paris hospital, Francois Deblaye, a spokesman for his Chez Michou theatre, told AFP. Michou, whose real name was Michel Catty, ...