Ghetto Superstar (The Man That I Am)
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 6, 2005
Closed Mar 27, 2005
Opened Mar 6, 2005
Closed Mar 27, 2005
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Produced by The Public Theater In association with City Theatre, Pittsburgh, Ghetto Superstar (The Man That I Am) is a musical memoir written and performed by Broadway veteran and recording artist Billy Porter. Brad Rouse directs.
The solo show is a spiritual, sexual and musical odyssey that collides the teachings of the Pentecostal Church with the gospel according to Dreamgirls-- to reveal a unique take on what it means to be a man. From Pittsburgh to New York, to the intersection of Broadway and soul, Porter's personal journeys as a black, gay man, and as a performer are outrageous, spiritual, defiant and celebratory. Porter is Ghetto Superstar, a man with the voice of a diva whose experiences and truths have made him what he is.
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Schedule
Thursday, February 10 7:00
Friday, February 11 7:00
Saturday, February 12 7:00
Sunday, February 13 7:00
Monday, February 14 7:00
Thursday, February 17 7:00
Friday, February 18 7:00
Saturday, February 19 7:00
Sunday, February 20 7:00
Tuesday, February, 22 7:00
Wednesday, February 23 7:00
Friday, February 25 7:00
Saturday, February 26 2:00 and 7:00
Sunday, February 27 7:00
Monday, February 28 8:00
Thursday, March 3 7:00
Friday, March 4 7:00
Saturday, March 5 2:00 and 7:00
Sunday, March 6 7:00
Monday, March 7 7:00
Thursday, March 10 7:00
Friday, March 11 7:00
Saturday, March 12 2:00 and 7:00
Sunday, March 13 7:00
Monday, March 14 7:00
Tuesday, March 15 7:00
Thursday, March 17 7:00
Saturday, March 19 2:00 and 7:00
Sunday, March 20 9:30
Monday, March 21 7:00
Thursday, March 24 7:00
Friday, March 25 7:00
Saturday, March 26 2:00 and 7:00
Sunday, March 27 9:30
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"I'm a black Broadway bitch from the ghetto," proclaims Billy Porter proudly in the opening number of his autobiographical musical Ghetto Superstar (The Man That I Am). The multi-talented writer/composer/performer is a force to be reckoned with; he explodes with energy and attitude in a roof-raising chronicle that details its author's experiences growing up in a Pittsburgh ghetto, singing in a Pentecostal church, coming out as a gay man, making it on Broadway, and learning to accept himself for who he is.
An early turning point for young Billy was the televised broadcast of the 1982 Tony Awards, during which he first heard Jennifer Holliday sing a song from the musical Dreamgirls. "This was[...]