'La Cage aux Folles' Off Broadway Review: Billy Porter and Wayne Brady Play It for Real

The truly surprising thing about the new revival of "La Cage aux Folles" with Encores! is that it's directed by Robert O'Hara, best known for bringing such cutting-edge works as "Slave Play," "Bootycandy" and "Barbecue" to the stage. Maybe O'Hara needed a vacation. His "La Cage," which opened Wednesday at the New York City Center, is anything but cutting edge. David Merrick recast "Hello, Dolly!" with an all-Black ensemble led by Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway way back in 1967. Nearly six decades later, there's nothing that novel now about seeing Billy Porter . . .