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Michelle Obama Leaves KINKY BOOTS Cast Heartfelt Letter After Performance

By: Jul. 12, 2015
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The Obamas said, "YEAH!" to Broadway this weekend and "loved every minute of it."

Michelle Obama attended Saturday afternoon's Kinky Boots performance with her mother and daughters and stayed til the very end. Though the Secret Service members with them urged them to leave during bows, the ladies stayed to rock out to the music. Harvey Fierstein (@HarveyFierstein) tweeted,

"Michelle Obama@ the matinee of Kinky Boots on B'way today. The SS tried 2 get them 2 exit during the bow, bt they stayed 2 dance & clap."

He also tweeted a picture of a sweet note left by the First Lady, which read,

"This show was amazing! My mom, daughters and I really loved every minute," concluding with, "Thank you for a memorable musical experience. Warmly, Michelle Obama."

Check out the full note below!

Kinky Boots tells the uplifting and heartwarming tale of Charlie Price, a young man reluctantly taking over his family's struggling business. Charlie meets and finds inspiration in Lola and together, the 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. The winner of six 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Kinky Boots features a Tony Award-winning score Lauper, a book by Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, and direction and choreography by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell.

The current Broadway cast of Kinky Boots includes Tony Award-winner Billy Porter, Andy Kelso, Haven Burton,Daniel Stewart Sherman, Cortney Wolfson, Marcus Neville, Nick Rashad Burroughs, Paul Canaan, Sean Patrick Doyle, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Kyle Post, Joey Taranto, Adinah Alexander, Douglas Baldeo, EuGene Barry-Hill,Stephen Berger, Alfred Dalpino, Anna Eilinsfeld, Mia Gentile, Gaelen Gilliland, Natalie Joy Johnson, Jake Katzman,Eric Leviton, Ellyn Marie Marsh, John Jeffrey Martin, Graham Montgomery, Jake Odmark, Nathan Peck, Robert Pendilla, Jennifer Perry, Stephen Tewksbury, Jeremy T. Villas, and Timothy Ware.

Photo credit: Twitter/Michelle Obama/Harvey Fierstein




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