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Kinky Boots is a musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein.. Based on the 2005 British film Kinky Boots, written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth and mostly inspired by true events, the musical tells the story of Charlie Price.
The play opened Off-Broadway on February 19, 1987 at Theatre 890. Directed by Marshall W. Mason , the cast featured Jonathan Hogan , Joan Allen , John Malkovich , and Lou Liberatore . John Lee Beatty won the 1988 Henry Hewes Design Award for Scenic Design for this production. [ 2 ]
Broadway was a smash hit, running for 603 performances. In addition to having his first prominent stage role, cast member Joseph Calleia acted as the company's stage manager and, working for producer Jed Harris, he supervised some ten duplicate productions of Broadway in the United States and abroad. [5] [6]
The production opened Off-Broadway at the 59E59 Theaters on December 12, 2012, after previews which started on December 1, 2012. Again directed by Gordon Greenberg , it won a special ensemble Drama Desk Awards [ 4 ] [ 5 ] the cast features Joe Cassidy, Donna Lynne Champlin , Jay Armstrong Johnson, Nehal Joshi and Kenita Miller.
Celina Consuela Gabriella Carvajal (born January 30, 1980), [1] known professionally as Lena Hall, is an American actress and singer.She originated the role of Nicola in the Broadway musical Kinky Boots and won the Tony Award for her performance as Yitzhak in the 2014 revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which also earned her a Grammy nomination for the musical's official album. [2]
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It transferred to Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on May 2, 2004, and closed on August 29, 2004, after 136 performances and 22 previews. The musical starred Tonya Pinkins in the title role, Anika Noni Rose as Emmie Thibodeaux, Harrison Chad as Noah Gellman, Veanne Cox as Rose Stopnick Gellman and Chandra Wilson as Dotty Moffett (all both off-and on-Broadway).