| That’s terrible. I have a nicer Billy Porter story’s from 27 years ago. I was a big fan from his performance in Grease. I saw him on the street downtown and told him how much I loved his performance. At the time, he was doing Merchant of Venice at the Public. He offered me free tickets. Then, after the show, he took more e out for dessert. A few weeks later, we had lunch. Some time later, he had returned to Grease while his solo album was out. I met him at the stage door and told him I was going to get his album. He said “you’re doing it right now.” He walked me over to Virgin and waited while I bought his album. I thought it was hilarious. Since then, I’ve seen him around a couple times but it’s been awhile now. My husband saw him on the street a few years before Kinky Boots. Billy told him he was really depressed at the state of his career. He had nothing going. We were happy when it took off for him. I was so looking forward to Kinky Boots but ended up not liking it at all. Still, I wanted him too win the Tony and was happy when he did. |
