Lauper and friends move audience with message and music
By Joan Anderman
Globe Staff / June 2, 2008
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/06/02/lauper_and_friends_move_audience_with_message_and_music/The second annual True Colors tour kicked off in Boston over the weekend with a message that never gets old: Be yourself, and accept others for who they are. The second part of the guiding principle was especially useful whenever the show's host, Carson Kressley - who has parlayed his tart-tongued stereotype on the reality show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" into a career prototype - returned to the stage between acts for another round of bad gay humor.
Founded last year by Cyndi Lauper to raise awareness and encourage support of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender equality, True Colors has expanded this year from 15 to 24 dates and added a welcome assortment of performers to the lineup. And even though the event felt less politicized this time around - Lauper asked concertgoers to vote but left the verbiage at that - True Colors' ideals of freedom and diversity were once again underscored by each artist's embrace of his or her unique muse.
