Kinky Boots took home six 2013 Tony Awards, the most of any show in the season, including Best Musical, Best Score (Cyndi Lauper), Best Choreography (Jerry Mitchell), Best Actor (Billy Porter), Best Orchestrations (Stephen Oremus), and Best Sound Design (John Shivers). The show also received the Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Broadway.com Awards for Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album, along with many other accolades.
In Kinky Boots,Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father's legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola. A fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos, Lola turns out to be the one person who can help Charlie become the man he's meant to be. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair finds that they have more in common than they ever dreamed possible... and discovers that when you change your mind about someone, you can change your whole world.
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2013 | Best Musical | Winner |
2013 | Best Musical | |
2013 | Best Musical | Winner |
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West Side Story
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Bandstand
New Hazlett Theater (8/16 - 8/25) | ||
Julius Caesar
Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh (8/2 - 8/4) | ||
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (5/17 - 6/30) | ||
The Animal Kingdom by Ruby Thomas
Barebones Black Box (6/14 - 6/30) | ||
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Greer Cabaret Theater (5/17 - 6/30) | ||
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