HE “KNEW” HER long before Kinky Boots and Lola changed his life. She had to find him once she heard him. Billy Porter is on the record saying that Kinky Boots freed his femininity, helping him find his true colors. Cyndi Lauper discovered long ago that you have to love yourself—first, always—as a person and the artistry will follow. Once these freed spirits came together in 2012, working on the multi-Tony-Award-winning musical, they knew it was going to be a forever thing. Pray tell, it looks like offstage, surrounded by a bevy of besties or alone, these two just wanna have fun ;)