Billy Porter Sparks Controversy While Promoting His ‘Cabaret’ Cast: ‘Black People Have Replaced the Jews’ - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Billy Porter sparks controversy while promoting his ‘Cabaret’ cast: ‘Black people have replaced the Jews’

(JTA) — Award-winning actor and singer Billy Porter sparked controversy while promoting his new lead role in the revival of “Cabaret” on Broadway when he stated that “Black people have replaced the Jews.” The revival of Cabaret, the 1966 musical about the fate of a Berlin nightclub and its patrons during the rise of the Nazism, will for the first time feature three Black actors in its starring roles, Porter said in an interview on “CBS Mornings”…

Billy Porter sparks controversy while promoting his ‘Cabaret’ cast: ‘Black people have replaced the Jews’ - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Award-winning actor and singer Billy Porter sparked controversy while promoting his new lead role in the revival of “Cabaret” on Broadway when he stated that “Black people have replaced the Jews.” The revival of Cabaret, the 1966 musical about the fate of a Berlin nightclub and its patrons during the rise of the Nazism, will for the first time feature three Black actors in its starring roles, Porter said in an interview on “CBS Mornings” on Mond…

Broadway star Billy Porter says 'Black people have replaced the Jews' while promoting revival of 'Cabaret'

Billy Porter said that Black people had "replaced the Jews" in terms of "what we're going through" in a CBS interview on Monday about a revival of "Cabaret."

Billy Porter Says He is Returning to a 'Better' Broadway in CABARET

Billy Porter is now playing the Emcee in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club and, ahead of opening night, the Tony-winner stopped by TODAY to share his thoughts on joining the production. Having previously played the character in the West End production, Porter says stepping into the role "is like getting a bike... I looked at the script a little bit and got in the studio and said, 'Let's just do it!' and my mind kinda came back. It's still there!" This…