KINKY BOOTS to Open at London's Adelphi Theatre This Summer With All-British Cast

The Daily Mail has confirmed that Kinky Boots, the 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 transfer to the West End's Adelphi Theatre this summer.

Producer Daryl Roth told the Mail, "It's coming home!" referring to the fact that Kinky Boots is based on the British film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Casting is to take place over the next two months, with rehearsals scheduled to begin in July, and the first preview scheduled for August 21, 2015.

Director Jerry Mitchell is reportedly on the hunt for an all-British cast. He told the Mail: "It's got to be British actors, because one of the things we always took a beating on in New York was the accents."

Fierstein and Lauper are also combing over Kinky Boots' book and lyrics to make sure the dialogue is UK-friendly.

Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Mitchell, KINKY BOOTS opened on Broadway April 4, 2013 and continues to play to standing-room-only crowds nightly. The show, which has broken all box office records at the Hirschfeld Theatre, recouped its costs in October 2013, after just 30 weeks on Broadway.

KINKY BOOTS took home six 2013 Tony Awards, the most of any show in the season, including Best Musical, Best Score (Cyndi Lauper), Best Choreography (Jerry Mitchell), Best Orchestrations (Stephen Oremus) and Best Sound Design (John Shivers). The show also received the Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Broadway.com Awards for Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album, along with many other accolades.

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.

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