Billy Porter on His Decades-Long Dream of Starring in 'Cabaret'

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00:00It's been a dream role of mine since I was a young artist, and there was a revival back

00:07in the 90s that I asked to audition for and was told no, and they said, that's not the

00:13story we're telling.

00:14And I found that odd, and I did some research, and I found a book called Destined to Witness

00:19Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany, and I sent it to the entire creative team, signed, we

00:25were there, we are always there.

00:27Of course, I don't hear anything.

00:30It's all good.

00:31That was just for me.

00:32And my mom used to say this phrase all the time.

00:36She was very religious, and she would say, God's delay is not denial.

00:42And when this came back around all these years later, all I could do was think about that

00:46phrase that she said.