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Cyndi Lauper's first musical; Harvey Fierstein wrote the book. It won 6 Tony Awards:
The musical Kinky Boots led the Tonys with six awards, including wins for best musical, leading actor Billy Porter and composer — and 1980s rock star — Cyndi Lauper
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What Is the Story of Kinky Boots?
Based on a true story and the indie film of the same name, Kinky Boots follows young Brit Charlie Price, who abandons his family’s shoe factory to live with his demanding girlfriend in London. After the unexpected death of his father, Charlie returns to the struggling factory and finds it’s up to him to figure out a way to keep the business alive. Enter Lola, a fabulous drag queen, who gives Charlie the idea to create ladies’ shoes for men. Soon, the factory is turning out “kinky boots” under the supervision of Charlie and Lola, but can this harebrained scheme actually work? And can these two extremely different men find a common ground and become real friends?
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Following the show's conception in 2006, the creative team was assembled by 2010. The original production of Kinky Boots premiered at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago in October 2012, with both direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell, and starring Stark Sands and Billy Porter as Charlie and Lola, respectively. It made its Broadway debut at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 4, 2013 following previews that began on March 3, 2013. The musical began its US tour in 2014.
Must-watch TV from CUNY's Theater Talk interview with Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein, in which they discuss the making of the show. It's terrific and funny -- a half-hour well-spent -- and if you are interested in how a musical is created and put together, it's illuminating. Cyndi wrote for the actors, apparently, and revised as needed. Really, it's a must-watch if you have any interest in how the backstage stuff works:
Having been less well received by theatre critics and at the box office, initially, than another 2013 Broadway production, Matilda the Musical, Kinky Boots entered the 2013 awards season as an underdog. However, less than a month after opening, Kinky Boots surpassed this rival with audiences in weekly box office gross and later enjoyed a post-Tony boost in advance sales. The production earned a season-high 13 nominations and 6 Tony wins, including Best Musical and Best Score for Lauper in her first outing as a Broadway songwriter, making her the first woman to win alone in that category. The musical's cast album premiered at number one on the Billboard Cast Albums Chart and number fifty-one on the Billboard 200 chart.
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