Opening with the ladies of La Cage moving in and out of mirrors, you immediately understand that everything or everyone is not necessarily what it seems.

“La Cage aux Folles,” a six-time Tony Award-winning musical, originally opened in New York in 1983, and focuses on a Saint-Tropez gay couple: nightclub owner Georges, created by Roger Prenger, and Albin, his romantic partner brilliantly brought to life by Patrick Russo.

Albin is also Georges’ star performer known as Zaza. Together they have raised Georges’ son from a one-night stand with a woman. When son Jean-Michel (performed with a twinkle in his eye by Sky Donovan) announces he is engaged and begs to bring home his fiancée’s ultra-conservative parents, the household scrambles to portray a “normal” family.

Jacob, the maid/butler (depending on the costume), hysterically played by Mark Burkett, provides comic relief. But the hilarious antics of the entire ensemble make for a delightful, fun-filled, musical evening.

This is a tour de force for Patrick Russo. We watch him transform into Zaza through his looking glass as he applies “one great stroke of mascara to his rather limp upper lash.” With a fantastic rendition of “I Am What I Am” he brings down the house.

To say the costumes assembled by Mickey Courtney and assistants are fantastic is an understatement. They are absolutely gorgeous! So are the performances of the entire cast. Once again Peter J. Hill has directed another hit.