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Based on the 2005 film, Kinky Boots features music and lyrics by Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winner Cyndi Lauper and a book by Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein.

Story:

Charlie Price has never been interested in running his family’s shoe factory in rural England, but when his father dies, he has little choice. He abandons his personal career in London to take the job, but finds the factory in terrible financial state. To save the jobs of his employees and the factory itself, Charlie and his new friend, Lola the drag queen, dream up an almost unbelievable solution - a new line of kinky boots designed especially for drag queens. The idea can save the day, but only if everyone can put aside personal prejudices and troubled histories and commit wholeheartedly.

: Composer and Lyricist
Cyndi Lauper

: Librettist
Harvey Fierstein

Premiere
2005 Film

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Opening Night: April 4, 2013

Total Performances: 2,507

Original Cast: Stark Sands, Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford, Celina Carvajal, Daniel Sherman, Marcus Neville, Paul Canaan, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Kyle Taylor Parker, Kyle Post, Charlie Sutton, Joey Taranto, Andy Kelso, Tory Ross, Jen Perry, Josh Caggiano, Adinah Alexander, Eric Anderson, Eugene Barry-Hill, Stephen Berger, Caroline Bowman, Sandra Denise, Eric Leviton, Ellyn Marie Marsh, John Jeffrey Martin, Marquise Neal, Clifton Oliver, Nathan Peck, Robert Pendilla, Lucia Spina, Sebastian Hedges Thomas, John Ernest Adams

Director: Jerry Mitchell

Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell

Producer: Daryl Roth, Hal Luftig, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Terry Allen Kramer, Independent Presenters Network, Yasuhiro Kawana, Jane Bergere, Ron Fierstein and Dorsey Regal, Allan S. Gordon/Adam S. Gordon, Jayne Baron Sherman, Jim Kierstead, Gregory Rae, Adam Blanshay

Musical Director: Brian Usifer

Scenic Design: David Rockwell

Costume Design: Gregg Barnes

Lighting Design: Kenneth Posner

Sound Design: John Shivers

2005 Film Version

Movie Name: Kinky Boots

Type: Non-Musical

Director: Julian Jarrold

Screenplay: Geoff Deane, Tim Firth

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts

Musical Numbers

Price & Son Theme

The Most Beautiful Thing in the World

Take What You Got

The Land of Lola

Charlie's Soliloquy

Step One

Sex Is In The Heel

The History of Wrong Guys

I'm Not My Father's Son

Everybody Say Yeah

What A Woman Wants

In This Corner

The Soul of a Man

Hold Me in Your Heart

Raise You Up

Just Be

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Stream Online Now

: 2019 Filmed Live on Stage Version Available to Stream via BroadwayHD

CDs

: Original Broadway Cast Album

Vinyl

: Original Broadway Cast Recording

Sheetmusic

: Vocal Selections

Videos

: Original Hollywood Version DVD

Other

2023 Theatre World Awards

Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance - Callum Francis

2014 Grammy Award Nominations

Best Musical Theater Album

2013 Tony Award Nominations

Best Musical
Best Original Score
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Billy Porter
Best Choreography
Best Orchestrations
Best Sound Design of a Musical Best Book of a Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Stark Sands
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical - Annaleigh Ashford
Best Director of a Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical

2013 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Billy Porter
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - Annaleigh Ashford

2013 Drama League Award Nominations

Distinguished Production of a Musical
Distinguished Performance Award - Billy Porter
Distinguished Performance Award - Stark Sands

2013 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding New Broadway Musical
Outstanding New Score
Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Billy Porter
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Outstanding Choreographer
Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Daniel Stewart Sherman
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - Annaleigh Ashford