Good lord that’ll get ya! In lesser hands, La Cage could have been turned into a campy mess. To his credit - Arthur Laurent’s kept bringing everyone back to the central story: a family having a crisis. And who hasn’t experienced that? The fact that the show was such a massive hit out of town in Boston - one of the most conservative cities in America - speaks to the job that he, Jerry Herman & Harvey Feinstein did crafting what is in my opinion one of the truly great musical comedy’s of all time. You laugh, you cry and you walk away a little wiser too! Thank you so much for posting this!!!
As a gay anthem, "I Am What I Am" is said not to have aged very well. But you should have seen, as I did, men leave the auditorium for the intermission (which was immediately afterward) with tears running down their faces.
Good lord that’ll get ya!
In lesser hands, La Cage could have been turned into a campy mess. To his credit - Arthur Laurent’s kept bringing everyone back to the central story: a family having a crisis. And who hasn’t experienced that? The fact that the show was such a massive hit out of town in Boston - one of the most conservative cities in America - speaks to the job that he, Jerry Herman & Harvey Feinstein did crafting what is in my opinion one of the truly great musical comedy’s of all time. You laugh, you cry and you walk away a little wiser too!
Thank you so much for posting this!!!
As a gay anthem, "I Am What I Am" is said not to have aged very well. But you should have seen, as I did, men leave the auditorium for the intermission (which was immediately afterward) with tears running down their faces.