Billy Porter Essentials

Billy Porter Essentials

One of Broadway’s best assets since the 1990s, Billy Porter made a wider breakthrough in 2019 when he won an Emmy for playing MC Pray Tell on TV’s Pose. The boldness and warmth of Porter’s performance was no surprise to audiences who saw the Pittsburgh actor and singer as Lola, the role he originated in the musical Kinky Boots. Yet as great as Porter is when he inhabits such oversized characters, what’s just as remarkable is the softness and subtlety that come to the fore in the neo-soul ballads on his 1997 debut, Untitled, and his exquisite renditions of the songs of Richard Rodgers. That versatility makes Porter’s gifts seem even more special.

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