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KINKY BOOTS' Billy Porter to Host Live Out Loud's 2014 Young Trailblazers Gala, 4/28

By: Mar. 05, 2014
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The emcee for Live Out Loud's 13th Annual Young Trailblazers Gala will be Tony and Grammy Award winner Billy Porter, star of Broadway's KINKY BOOTS.

Porter is a Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer, composer, actor, playwright and director from Pittsburgh, PA.

Porter currently stars as "Lola" in the smash hit Broadway musical KINKY BOOTS, for which he won the 2013 Drama Desk and Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. "Billy's Back on Broadway", Porter's highly anticipated debut on Concord Records, is scheduled for release April 8, 2014.

HONORARY CHAIRS:
Lea DeLaria
David Hallberg
Richie Jackson & Jordan Roth
Hon. Christine Quinn
Kim & Lexi Stolz
Michael Urie
BD Wong

Join the gala on Monday, April 28, 2014, including cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, a light buffet, and a silent auction as we award college scholarships of $5,000 to five LGBTQ high school seniors who have shaped their communities. The organization will also honor leaders of the LGBTQ community who have paved the way for the next generation.




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