Question: I Am Gloria Gaynor is the eleventh studio album by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1984 by Chrysalis Records, the most notable song on the album was Gloria Gaynor's cover of "I Am What I Am" from La Cage aux Folles, a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics and music by Jerry Herman, it's based on the 1973 French play of the same name by who?

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Gloria Gaynor (album): Gloria Gaynor is the tenth studio album by Gloria Gaynor and her only to be released on Atlantic Records after her contract with Polydor Records expired.  The lead single release was a cover of The Supremes' "Stop in the Name of Love", followed by the singles "America" and "Tease Me".  The album failed to garner much attention in either the U.S. or in Europe.

The Power of Gloria Gaynor: The Power of Gloria Gaynor, also known as "The Power", or "The Power of Love", is the twelfth studio album by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1986, which is composed mostly of cover versions of other popular songs from the 1970s and 1980s, and is her only album to be released on Stylus Records.  It was originally only released in the UK.  The album was issued on record, compact disc and cassette, each containing bonus tracks of re-recorded versions of a few of Gaynor's biggest hits in a medley and a remixed version of "Don't You Dare Call It Love".

Madame Aphrodite (musical): Madame Aphrodite was a short-lived off-Broadway musical by playwright Tad Mosel and composer/lyricist Jerry Herman, which ran for 13 performances in 1961.  It is notable as the only stage musical in the entire Jerry Herman canon (which includes smash hits such as "Hello Dolly! ", "Mame" and "La Cage aux Folles" as well as less successful but highly respected flops like "Dear World", "Mack & Mabel" and "The Grand Tour") that never spawned an original cast album, and has never been performed since its original production.

La Cage aux Folles (musical): La Cage aux Folles (] ) is a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics and music by Jerry Herman.  Based on the 1973 French play of the same name by Jean Poiret, it focuses on a gay couple: Georges, the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and Albin, his romantic partner and star attraction, and the farcical adventures that ensue when Georges's son, Jean-Michel, brings home his fiancée's ultra-conservative parents to meet them.  "La cage aux folles" literally means "the cage of mad women".  However, "folles" is also a slang term for effeminate homosexuals (queens).

Harvey Fierstein: Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1954) is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor.  Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play "Torch Song Trilogy" (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray".  He also wrote the book for the musical "La Cage aux Folles", for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning "Kinky Boots".  He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.

Jerry Herman: Jerry Herman (born July 10, 1931) is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater.  He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals "Hello, Dolly! ", "Mame", and "La Cage aux Folles".  He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for "Hello, Dolly!"  and "La Cage aux Folles".  In 2009, Herman received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.  He is a recipient of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors.

La Cage aux Folles II: La Cage aux Folles II is a 1980 French comedy film and the sequel to 1979's "La Cage aux Folles".  It is directed by Édouard Molinaro and stars Michel Serrault as Albin, (stage name "ZaZa"), the female impersonator star of a gay night-club revue, and Ugo Tognazzi as Renato, his partner of over twenty years.

I Am Gloria Gaynor: I Am Gloria Gaynor is the eleventh studio album by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1984 by Chrysalis Records.  The most notable song on the album was Gloria Gaynor's cover of "I Am What I Am" from the musical "La Cage Aux Folles".  It reached #82 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.

La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding: La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (French: La cage aux folles 3 - 'Elles' se marient ) is a 1985 comedy film and the third and final film in the "La Cage aux Folles" series.  Unlike the first two films, which were directed by Édouard Molinaro, this third installment is directed by Georges Lautner.

La Cage aux Folles (play): La Cage aux Folles (] ) is a 1973 French farce by Jean Poiret centering on confusion that ensues when Laurent, the son of a Saint Tropez night club owner, and his gay lover bring his fiancée's ultraconservative parents for dinner.  The original French production premièred at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 1 February 1973 and ran for almost 1,800 performances.  The principal roles were played by Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault.  A French-Italian film of the play was made in 1978 (with two sequels "La Cage aux Folles II" (1980), directed by Édouard Molinaro and "" (1985), directed by Georges Lautner.)  In 1983, Poiret's play was adapted in the United States as a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and later remade as the American film "The Birdcage".

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Answer: Jean Poiret