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Lauren 'Lolo' Pritchard and Stephen Michael Spencer in "Music City."
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‘Music City’ screams Nashville until one performer just lives it
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Billy Porter and the cast of "La Cage aux Folles."
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Wayne Brady and Billy Porter find the heart of ‘La Cage aux Folles.’ Everything else needs a little more mascara
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Denise Burse, Charlayne Woodard, an dDeborah Joy Winans in "Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous."
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