Kinky Boots

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Broadway musical stage musical

Kinky Boots is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical, with music by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein, about a struggling shoe factory that reinvents itself by producing flamboyant boots for drag performers.

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Kinky Boots (2005 film) 1
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instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
award Drama Desk Award ⓘ
surface form: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical

Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical ⓘ
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play ⓘ
surface form: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
basedOn Kinky Boots self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kinky Boots (2005 film)

true story of a British shoe factory ⓘ
bookBy Harvey Fierstein ⓘ
BroadwayOpeningDate 2013-04-04 ⓘ
BroadwayPerformances 2507 ⓘ
BroadwayRunEnd 2019-04-07 ⓘ
BroadwayRunStart 2013-04-04 ⓘ
BroadwayTheatre Al Hirschfeld Theatre ⓘ
castAlbum Kinky Boots self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kinky Boots (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
castAlbumLabel Masterworks Broadway ⓘ
castAlbumReleaseDate 2013-05-28 ⓘ
choreographer Jerry Mitchell ⓘ
composer Cyndi Lauper ⓘ
director Jerry Mitchell ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
hasProduction West End production ⓘ
hasTour U.S. national tour ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadCharacter Charlie Price ⓘ
Don ⓘ
Lauren ⓘ
Lola ⓘ
lyricist Cyndi Lauper ⓘ
musicSupervisor Stephen Oremus ⓘ
nominations Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Choreography ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor Lauper becoming first woman to win Tony Award alone for Best Original Score ⓘ
first Broadway score written solely by Cyndi Lauper ⓘ
notableSong Everybody Say Yeah ⓘ
Land of Lola ⓘ
Raise You Up / Just Be ⓘ
Sex Is in the Heel ⓘ
Take What You Got ⓘ
The History of Wrong Guys ⓘ
The Most Beautiful Thing in the World ⓘ
What a Woman Wants ⓘ
orchestrator Stephen Oremus ⓘ
originalCharlieActor Stark Sands ⓘ
originalDonActor Daniel Stewart Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLaurenActor Annaleigh Ashford ⓘ
originalLolaActor Billy Porter ⓘ
originalNicolaActor Celina Carvajal NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereDate 2012-10-06 ⓘ
premiereLocation Bank of America Theatre, Chicago ⓘ
producer Daryl Roth ⓘ
Hal Luftig ⓘ
setting Northampton ⓘ
surface form: Northampton, England
subject drag performers ⓘ
struggling shoe factory ⓘ
theme acceptance ⓘ
family business ⓘ
gender identity ⓘ
self-expression ⓘ
tolerance ⓘ
tryoutCity City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
WestEndAward Olivier Award for Best New Musical ⓘ
WestEndCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
WestEndOpeningDate 2015-09-15 ⓘ
WestEndTheatre Adelphi Theatre ⓘ

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