When the North Carolina Theatre production of KINKY BOOTS opens this week, it won't be the first time that Joseph Anthony Byrd puts on the red high-heeled boots as Lola. In fact, Byrd made his Broadway debut in Kinky Boots and was featured in the first national tour as Lola's Understudy. Byrd, who graduated from Carnegie Mellon, told me that it's another Carnegie Mellon alum, Billie Porter, who originated the role of…
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