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Tony Awards: In Performance With Billy Porter and Stark Sands

The second video in our special Tony Awards In Performance series is with two actors nominated for their roles in the British-set musical “Kinky Boots”: Billy Porter, who plays Lola, a drag performer, and Stark Sands, who portrays Charlie, the young shoe-factory owner who enlists Lola to help turn around his struggling business. In the number “Not My Father’s Son,” both men sing about not living up to a parent’s expectations. The video was shot at T. O. Dey Shoes, the company that made the show’s signature boots.

Be sure to join us Sunday night for live coverage of the Tony Awards. More Tonys coverage, including a ballot and In Performance videos from 2012 and 2011, is at nytimes.com/tonys.

Tomorrow: Rob McClure explores the strange aisles of Eclectic/Encore Props, a Manhattan warehouse filled with movie décor, as he performs a number from the musical “Chaplin.” Monday’s video featured Courtney B. Vance at Playwright Celtic Pub in a scene from “Lucky Guy.”