MASTERWORKS BROADWAY has just announced the signing of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Kinky Boots. Produced by Cyndi Lauper, William Wittman and Stephen Oremus, the album will be recorded on March 14, 15 and 25 in anticipation of a May 2013 release.
In
Kinky Boots, Charlie Price (Tony Award nominee
Stark Sands) has suddenly 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 (
Billy Porter). 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.
Inspired by a true story and based on the Miramax motion picture written by Geoff Deane and
Tim Firth,
Kinky Boots, features a warm and witty book by four-time Tony Award-winner
Harvey Fierstein (La Cage, Torch Song Trilogy, Newsies) and a richly diverse musical score from Grammy Award-winning rock icon
Cyndi Lauper, in her stunning theatrical debut. The production is directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner
Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray, La Cage, Broadway Bares).
Tony Award nominee
Stark Sands and
Billy Porter lead a cast of thirty-two that also includes
Annaleigh Ashford,
Celina Carvajal,
Daniel Sherman,
Marcus Neville,
Paul Canaan,
Kevin Smith Kirkwood,
Kyle Taylor Parker,
Kyle Post,
Charlie Sutton,
Joey Taranto,
Andy Kelso,
Tory Ross,
Jennifer Perry,
Adinah Alexander,
Eric Anderson,
EuGene Barry-Hill,
Stephen Berger,
Caroline Bowman,
Cole Bullock,
Sandra DeNise,
Jonah Halperin,
Eric Leviton,
Ellyn Marie Marsh,
John Jeffrey Martin,
Marquise Neal,
Nathan Peck,
Robert Pendilla,
Lucia Spina,
Sebastian Hedges Thomas and
Timothy Ware.
The design team for Kinky Boots includes Tony Award nominee
David Rockwell (Scenic Design), Tony Award-winner
Gregg Barnes (Costume Design), Tony Award-winner
Kenneth Posner (Lighting Design), Drama Desk Award nominee
John Shivers (Sound Design),
Josh Marquette (Hair Design),
Randy Houston Mercer (Make-up Design),
Telsey + Company (Casting), with Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Tony and Grammy Award-winner
Stephen Oremus (The Book of Mormon; Wicked).
Kinky Boots began preview performances on Broadway at the
Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on Sunday, March 3, 2013, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 4, 2013.
Kinky Boots is produced on Broadway by
Daryl Roth and
Hal Luftig,
James L. Nederlander,
Terry Allen Kramer,
Independent Presenters Network, CJ E&M,
Jayne Baron Sherman, Just for Laughs Theatricals/
Judith Ann Abrams,
Yasuhiro Kawana, Jane Bergere,
Allan S. Gordon &
Adam S. Gordon,
Ken Davenport,
Hunter Arnold, Lucy and Phil Suarez,
Bryan Bantry,
Ron Fierstein and Dorsey Regal,
Jim Kierstead/
Gregory Rae, BB Group/
Christina Papagjika, Michael DeSantis/Patrick Baugh, Br
Ian Smith/Tom and Connie Walsh,
Warren Trepp, and
Jujamcyn Theaters.
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