Pride Music: Harrison Ghee & Company ‘I Am What I Am’

Now that we’re in the full swing of Pride Month 2022, hit play and bounce-bounce-bounce along with this totally infectious remix of that gayest of gay anthems, ‘I Am What I Am.” Broadway legend Jerry Herman delivered unto us his glorious theme song of self-love in his 1983 Broadway blockbuster, La Cage aux Folles. And while there have been many disco-tastic takes on the upbeat theme bop, this takes Pride joy over the top! J. Harrison Ghee and company serve up some seriously up-to-date beatsbeatsbeats along with some subtle (but recognizable) shades of characters from Broadway musicals and plays.

I spy some Dorothy Gale & Toto (Wizard of Oz), Tony & Maria (West Side Story), Jenna and Dr. Pomatter (Waitress), Danny & Sandy (Grease), Dolly Levi (Hello, Dolly!), Joseph (of Dreamcoat fame), Les Miz patriots and more. Plus, there are cameos by Marti Cummings, Ianne Fields Stewart, and Davon Williams. The whole magilla was directed & produced by Jimmy Larkin; James Alonzo White delivers fierce choreography; and Devin Lewis skillfully handles music production duties.

And let’s hear it for the terrific company that represents in all-shapes, all-sizes, all-ages, all-shades of rainbow Pride joy! As regular readers of The Randy Report may recall, I knew and worked with Jerry Herman. I know he would have LOVED this. Bravo!

Jerry Herman and I wrote La Cage Aux Folles 40 years ago and it still thrills me to see what it means to the community. Lecturing don’t change the world. Living with pride does. https://t.co/P81EfhNnLl

— Harvey Fierstein (@HarveyFierstein) June 26, 2021