Photo Coverage: KINKY BOOTS Celebrates 1000 Broadway Performances in Style!
By: Jessica Fallon Gordon Aug. 27, 2015
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Just yesterday, Tony Award-winner Billy Porter joined hundreds of hopefuls outside of the Hirschfeld Theatre in their most fabulous red footwear to celebrate the show's 1000th performance. To pay homage to the show's now-iconic red boots, the first 50 people in line at the Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th St) wearing red shoes received a free pair of tickets, plus the three most fabulous pairs of footwear, and winners (as chosen by Porter) got to join the cast backstage after the evening performance. Later that night the cast gathered on stage to celebrate with a toast and custom Kinky Boots cupcakes provided by Baked by Melissa. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the whole day below!
KINKY BOOTS opened on Broadway on April 4, 2013 and went on to win six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Kinky Boots features a Tony Award-winning score by Lauper, a book by Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, and direction and choreography by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell.
Now in its third year, the musical tells the uplifting and heartwarming tale of Charlie Price (currently played by Andy Kelso), a young man reluctantly taking over his family's struggling business. Charlie meets and finds inspiration in Lola (currently played by Billy Porter) 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.
Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon
Billy Porter judges fan's shoes
Billy Porter judges fan's shoes
Billy Porter judges fan's shoes
Billy Porter and the semifinalists
Billy Porter and the semifinalists
Billy Porter and the semifinalists
Billy Porter and the semifinalists
The winning shoes!
The winning shoes!
Billy Porter with the winners
A pair of winning shoes
A pair of winning shoes
The cast of Kinky Boots
Contest winners with the cast of Kinky Boots
The cast of Kinky Boots
The cast and crew of Kinky Boots
Joey Taranto, John Jeffrey Martin, Andy Kelso and Sean Patrick Doyle
Kinky Boots Cupcakes
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