Guardian.co.uk – Posted by Mark Shenton
“So what if I love each sparkle and each bangle? Why not see things from a different angle?” sings Albin in his great anthem, I Am What I Am, in La Cage Aux Folles.
The show broke new ground on Broadway when it premiered there in 1983, long before the dawn of the current era of civil partnerships, in offering an affirmative and defiant portrait of a gay marriage that has equal validity to a straight one, especially when it comes to the responsibilities of child-raising.