Photo Coverage: Let Them Raise You Up- KINKY BOOTS Tour Cast Gives Performance Preview!
By: Walter McBride Aug. 21, 2014
Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig, lead producers of Kinky Boots, the smash-hit musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony® Award-winner for Best Score for Kinky Boots), will soon present the upcoming first national tour. Kyle Taylor Parker (Kinky Boots, In the Heights national tour), one of the Angels in the original Broadway company, will strut his stuff as Lola - something he has done to great acclaim on several occasions in New York as the Lola understudy. Steven Booth (Avenue Q, Glory Days, Dogfight) will star as shoe factory owner Charlie Price. Parker and Booth will be joined by Lindsay Nicole Chambers (Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Lysistrata Jones) as Lauren, Joe Coots (TV's "Inside Amy Schumer," Full Monty national tour) as Don, Craig Waletzko (Guys & Dolls, Young Frankenstein) as George and Grace Stockdale in her touring debut as Nicola.
The company met the press yesterday and BroadwayWorld was on hand of all of the festivities. Below, check out photos from the performance preview!
The national tour kicks off in Las Vegas September 4-14, 2014, followed by other United States west coast stops in Tempe, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Costa Mesa before heading east in 2015. The full tour route can be found at www.kinkybootsthemusical.com.
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.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
'Kinky Boots' Tour Rehearsal at the New 42nd Street Studios on August 20, 2014 in New York City.
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Ricky Schroeder and Jerry Mitchell
Ricky Schroeder and Jerry Mitchell
Ricky Schroeder and Jerry Mitchell
Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Director Jerry Mitchell
Director Jerry Mitchell
Jerry Mitchell, Harvey Fierstein, Cyndi Lauper and Rusty Mowery
Steven Booth and Kyle Taylor Parker
Steven Booth and Kyle Taylor Parker
Kyle Taylor Parker and Steven Booth with the ensemble cast
Kyle Taylor Parker and Steven Booth with the ensemble cast
Ensemble Cast
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Steven Booth and Kyle Taylor Parker with the ensemble cast
Steven Booth and Kyle Taylor Parker
Kyle Taylor Parker
Ricky Schroeder and Kyle Taylor Parker
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Kyle Taylor Parker
Kyle Taylor Parker and Steven Booth
Steven Booth and Kyle Taylor Parker
Steven Booth and Kyle Taylor Parker
Kyle Taylor Parker with the ensemble cast
Lindsay Nicole Chambers and Steven Booth
Lindsay Nicole Chambers and Steven Booth
Lindsay Nicole Chambers and Steven Booth
Steven Booth and Kyle Taylor Parker
The Ensemble Cast
Steven Booth and Kyle Taylor Parker
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