Watch Billy Porter Perform 'I Am What I Am' from Encores! La Cage aux Folles

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The musical, also starring Wayne Brady, is the final production of the current Encores! season.

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New York City Center has released a video of Billy Porter performing the iconic Act 1 finale from La Cage Aux Folles, “I Am What I Am.” The Encores! production is currently running through June 28.

Joining Porter in the production is stage and screen star Wayne Brady , along with Encores! alum Alaman Diadhiou (Jean-Michel), James Jackson Jr. (Jacob), Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins (Jacqueline), Rachel Webb (Anne), Peter Francis James (Edouard), Michael McElroy (Francois), Sharon Washington (Marie), and Lance Coadie Williams (Renaud).

Find out what critics thought of the production here .

This final production of this Encores! season is led by Director Robert O’Hara and Guest Music Director Joseph Joubert with choreography by Edgar Godineaux and tap choreography by Dormeshia, the Tony-winning La Cage Aux Folles by Harvey Fierstein (book) and Jerry Herman (music and lyrics).

The musical tells the story of longtime partners Albin and Georges, proprietors of a vibrant drag nightclub in St. Tropez whose world turns upside down when their son brings home his fiancée’s conservative parents. What ensues is a whirlwind of farce, heart, and “A Little More Mascara.”

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Get your first listen to La Cage Aux Folles as the 28-piece Encores! Orchestra brings the sweeping, original 1983 orchestrations to life. Watch a new video of Guest Music Director Joseph Joubert conduct the orchestra through Jerry Herman’s score.

Billy Porter will soon return to the stage as Albin in the upcoming Encores! production of La Cage aux Folles, starring opposite Wayne Brady as Georges. Watch Porter praise the talents of his co-star during a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s Bevelations.

The complete cast has been revealed for Encores! La Cage Aux Folles. Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins joins the cast as Jacqueline, along with Peter Francis James as Edouard, and Rachel Webb as Anne.

Get a peek behind the scenes of Encores! La Cage Aux Folles with Billy Porter, Director Robert O’Hara, and Guest Music Director Joseph Joubert. Watch as Porter sings Albin’s first big number in the show, “A Little More Mascara,” and talks with Joubert and O’Hara about the process of approaching the music and the character.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Video-Billy-Porter-Performs-I-Am-What-I-Am-in-Encores-LA-CAGE-AUX-FOLLES-20260622)._