Theatre Talk

Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal

Special to The Village News

Hold onto your garters, cuz “La Cage Aux Folles” is here! It is a smash hit! Opening in Old Town San Diego - “La Cage” is the best show so far this year!

Written by Harvey Fierstein with music by Jerry Herman, the movie version called “The Birdcage” with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, cannot hold a candle to the real-life play!

In case you live in a cave, “La Cage” is about a homosexual couple living along the French Riviera. They own a drag club and like many small-business owners live upstairs. Georges and the club’s star, Albin, known...