- The Toronto production of Kinky Boots extended multiple times, eventually closing on May 15, 2016, due to the Royal Alexandra Theatre's renovation.
- Kinky Boots' West End production won three Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical and Best Actor in a Musical.
- A Japanese production of Kinky Boots is scheduled to run from April 27 till June 9, 2025, at major theaters in Tokyo, Osaka, and Shibuya.
- Kinky Boots' production in Buenos Aires, Argentina, opened in January 2020 but was temporarily closed due to the pandemic, later reopening in April 2022.
- A Spanish production of Kinky Boots opened on October 5, 2021, at Espacio Delicias in Madrid with Tiago Barbosa as Lola.
- Silas Holst, starring as Lola in the Danish production, won the Reumert Award for Best Actor.
- The Danish production of Kinky Boots, which opened in 2022 at Det Ny Teater in Copenhagen, won a Reumert Award for Best Musical.
- A Polish production of Kinky Boots premiered at Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw on July 7, 2017, featuring Krzysztof Szczepaniak as Lola.
- Kinky Boots premiered on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, the Norwegian Encore, as part of its onboard entertainment in November 2019.
- The Australian production of the musical opened on October 12, 2016, at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne and featured Callum Francis from the London production as Lola.
- The Kinky Boots West End production opened on September 15, 2015, at the Adelphi Theatre in London and ran until January 12, 2019.
- Kinky Boots clinched three Laurence Olivier Awards when it debuted on the West End in 2015, including for Best New Musical.
- The song 'Sex Is in the Heel' from Kinky Boots became the first Broadway song in 25 years to make the top 10 of the Billboard club charts.
- The first song Cyndi Lauper wrote for 'Kinky Boots' was composed by conceiving the song, singing it into her iPhone, and then having it transcribed and orchestrated by Stephen Oremus.
- The musical's cast album topped the Billboard Cast Albums Chart and also reached number fifty-one on the Billboard 200 chart.
- Cyndi Lauper became the first woman alone to win a Tony for Best Score, showcasing her versatility as a composer beyond her pop music career.
- In 2014, Kinky Boots launched a national tour across the United States, receiving mostly positive reviews.
- A non-replica UK and Ireland tour of Kinky Boots is set to open at the Curve, Leicester on January 17, 2025 with Johannes Radebe starring as Lola.
- The musical was inspired by the 2005 British film Kinky Boots, which itself was based on a 1999 episode of the BBC documentary series Trouble at the Top.
- Kinky Boots premiered on Broadway in April 2013 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre after a successful preview in Chicago in 2012.
- During the 2013 awards season, Kinky Boots won the Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical.
- Billy Porter, who played Lola, won a Tony Award for Best Actor for his role in Kinky Boots.
- The production received a total of 13 Tony nominations in 2013 and won 6, including Best Musical and Best Original Score by Cyndi Lauper.
- Kinky Boots started Broadway previews on March 3, 2013, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre and officially opened on April 4, 2013.
- Notable Broadway replacements for key roles in 'Kinky Boots' included stars like Brendon Urie, Jake Shears, and Wayne Brady, showing the diverse casting approach of the production.
- Director Jerry Mitchell and Scenic Designer David Rockwell are notable for their collaborative work on Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, and Legally Blonde prior to Kinky Boots.
- The musical is based on a real-life story about a struggling shoe factory that starts producing fetish footwear for men to stay in business.
- The Broadway run of Kinky Boots grossed $319 million by its closing on April 7, 2019, after 2,507 performances.
- After winning six Tony Awards, Kinky Boots saw a significant boost, selling $1.25 million in tickets the day after the Tonys.
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