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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Billy Porter Kicks Up His Kinky Boots, Wearing the Role of a Lifetime
Playbill.com: After dutifully paying his dues for over 20 years, Billy Porter gets his first shot at carrying a Broadway show — and he does it in heels.
Billy Porter landed big-time on Broadway as Teen Angel, doing a single-scene cameo in the first Grease revival, lifting his falsetto famously with "Beauty School Dropout."
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I think it is great that a CMU Alum got his chance at Broadway even if it is an unorthodox way. I forgot who told me that he went here and his huge signature in the second floor lobby. I found it strange in the article that he was "reduced" to writing and directing to survive. I think either of those are valid things. I don't know if it is because he has made it big that he has now made it big?
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