Kinky Boots is a 2005 British-American comedy-drama film directed by Julian Jarrold and written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth. Based on a true story, the movie tells of a struggling British shoe factory's young, strait-laced owner, Charlie, who forms an unlikely partnership with Lola, a drag queen, to save the business. Charlie develops a plan to produce custom footwear for drag queens, rather than the men's dress shoes that his firm is known for, alienating many in the process.
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Kinky Boots (film)
Kinky Boots (film) | Introduction
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Based on the 2005 British film "Kinky Boots", the musical tells the story of Charlie Price.
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Kinky Boots is a musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the 2005 British film "Kinky Boots", written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth and mostly inspired by true events, the musical tells the story of Charlie Price. Having inherited a shoe factory from his father, Charlie forms an unlikely partnership with cabaret performer and drag queen Lola to produce a line of high-heeled boots and save the business. In the process, Charlie and Lola discover that they are not so different after all. Following the show's conception in 2006, the creative team was assembled by 2010.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Introduction
Charlie Price grows up as the fourth-generation "son" in his family business, Price & Son, a shoe manufacturing company with its factory in Northampton. Another young boy, growing up in London, is as fascinated by shoes as Charlie is bored by them. But in this case, it is a pair of red women's heels that have attracted his attention, aggravating his strict father. Years pass. Charlie's father is aging and hopes that Charlie will take over the factory, but Charlie is eager to move to London with his status-conscious fiancée, Nicola, and pursue a career in real estate ("The Most Beautiful Thing").
Kinky Boots (musical) | Act I
The original production of "Kinky Boots" premiered at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago in October 2012, with both direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell, and starring Stark Sands and Billy Porter as Charlie and Lola, respectively. It made its Broadway debut at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 4, 2013, following previews that began on March 3, 2013. The musical began a US tour in 2014. The musical then ended on April 7, 2019.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Introduction
Charlie has barely made it into his new flat in London when his father dies suddenly. Charlie hurries home for the funeral, where he finds the factory near bankruptcy. The factory makes good quality men's shoes, but they are not stylish and not cheap, and the market for them is drying up. Charlie is determined to save the factory and his father's legacy, though he has no desire to run Price & Sons himself. The workers, many of whom have known Charlie his entire life, do not understand why Charlie had moved away in the first place, and many are hostile and skeptical of the new management.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Act I
Another reprise of Charlie's Soliloquy was added for the West End production in between "Not My Father's Son" and "Everybody Say Yeah."
Kinky Boots (musical) | Music
The show premiered at the Operettenhaus in Hamburg, Germany, in December 2017, with Gino Emnes and Dominik Hees leading the production as Lola and Charlie Price. It closed on September 30, 2018.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Hamburg
It is revealed that Don has persuaded all the workers to return to work and to sacrifice a week's pay to ensure the boots can be finished in time for Milan. Charlie is astonished and grateful and asks if Don has paid up on his wager by accepting Lola. Lauren explains that the person that Don has accepted is Charlie himself.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Act II
Kinky Boots is a 2005 British-American comedy-drama film directed by Julian Jarrold and written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth. Based on a true story, the movie tells of a struggling British shoe factory's young, strait-laced owner, Charlie, who forms an unlikely partnership with Lola, a drag queen, to save the business. Charlie develops a plan to produce custom footwear for drag queens, rather than the men's dress shoes that his firm is known for, alienating many in the process.
Kinky Boots (film) | Introduction
In the town of Northampton, in the East Midlands of England, Charlie Price is attempting to save the family shoe factory, which has been floundering since his father died. While on a business trip to London to sell the company's extra stock, Charlie encounters a woman being harassed by drunken hoodlums and intervenes to his detriment. He wakes up backstage, in the dressing room of Lola, a drag queen performer and alter ego of Simon. Charlie is intrigued when he sees that drag queens' high heels snap easily, and wishes to create high heels that can support a greater range of foot sizes and body types.
Kinky Boots (film) | Plot
The Australian production opened on 12 October 2016, at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne. The cast included Callum Francis, from the London production, as Lola, and Toby Francis as Charlie. Joining them were Sophie Wright (Lauren), Daniel Williston (Don), Teagan Wouters (Nicola) and Nathan Carter (George). This production then toured to Sydney's Capitol Theatre and Brisbane's QPAC where it closed on October 22, 2017. A Filipino production, staged by Atlantis Theatrical, ran from June to July 2017, with Nyoy Volante as Lola and Laurence Mossman as Charlie Price. It was revived for a limited run in March 2018.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Australian Tour
On July 7, 2017 a Polish production premiered at Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw, with Krzysztof Szczepaniak as Lola and Mateusz Weber as Charlie.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Poland
The Kinky Boots: Original Soundtrack was released on April 11, 2006 by Hollywood Records. The following songs are included in the film but are not on the Original Soundtrack:
Kinky Boots (film) | Soundtrack
The Toronto original cast, led by Alan Mingo Jr as Lola and Graham Scott Fleming as Charlie, began rehearsals with Jerry Mitchel and the Broadway creative team on May 4, 2015. It began previews on June 16, 2015 with its opening night coming on June 28 to critical acclaim. Initially planned to run from June to September 2015 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, with a mostly Canadian cast, by the beginning of July, the run was extended to November. The run was later extended to January 3, to March 6 and finally to May 15, 2016, as the final show before the theatre closed for a major renovation.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Toronto
"Kinky Boots" is a musical that opened on Broadway in 2013, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical and various other awards that season. The show has a book by Harvey Fierstein and songs by Cyndi Lauper. "Kinky Boots" is based on the 2005 British film of the same name, which was, in turn, inspired by a true story. The original production was directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell and orchestrated by Stephen Oremus. Scenic design was by David Rockwell, costumes by Gregg Barnes, lighting by Kenneth Posner and sound by John Shivers. The cast starred Billy Porter as Lola and Stark Sands as Charlie and featured Annaleigh Ashford as Lauren.
List of awards and nominations for the musical Kinky Boots | Introduction
After the tryout, the team went back to work, adding a new musical number for Charlie and a second song in the drag club, removing another song, and revising the book. The Broadway debut started previews on March 3, 2013 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, with the official opening on April 4, 2013. Both the Chicago and original Broadway casts starred Billy Porter as Lola, Stark Sands as Charlie and Annaleigh Ashford as Lauren. Porter, in particular, was singled out for critical praise. "The New York Times" noted that in the 2012–13 season, most of the new Broadway musicals were "inspired by movies or books".
Kinky Boots (musical) | Broadway
Returning to London, Charlie meets his friend and fellow shoe salesman, Harry, in a pub to ask for help with the factory. Harry can only offer a temporary solution and advises Charlie not to fight the inevitable ("Take What You Got"). Leaving the pub, Charlie witnesses a woman being accosted by two drunks. He intervenes and is knocked unconscious. He comes to in a seedy nightclub, where the woman he attempted to rescue is revealed to have been the club's drag queen headliner, Lola, who performs with her backup troupe of drag dancers, the "angels" ("Land of Lola"). Recuperating from his ordeal in Lola's dressing room, an uncomfortable Charlie notices that the performers' high-heeled boots are not designed to hold a man's weight, but Lola explains that the expensive and unreliable footwear is an essential part of any drag act.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Act I
The Japanese production ran in the New National Theatre in Tokyo from July 21 to August 6, 2016; the Orix Theater in Osaka from August 13 to 22, 2016; and the Tokyu Theatre Orb in Shibuya from August 28 to September 4, 2016. It starred Teppei Koike as Charlie and Haruma Miura as Lola. Miura won the Best Actor Award and Haruko Sugimura Award at the 24th Yomiuri Theater Awards for his performance, and the play had a second run in 2019 with the cast reprising their roles.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Japanese Production
A stage musical adaptation of the same name "Kinky Boots" debuted on Broadway in April 2013, following an out-of-town try-out at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago; Cyndi Lauper, music and lyrics; and Harvey Fierstein, co-wrote book. Director Jerry Mitchell is also the choreographer. The Chicago cast included: Billy Porter and Stark Sands. At the 67th Tony Awards (2013) won six Tony Awards, including Tony Award for Best Original Score (Lauper, first sole female winner), Best Actor (Porter) and Best Musical.
Kinky Boots (film) | Musical adaptation
Nicola arrives, fed up with Charlie's obsession over the factory, and breaks up with him. Lola has been making some decisions about production and preparations without consulting Charlie. When he discovers that she has decided to have her angels wear the boots on the runway rather than hiring professional models, an overwhelmed Charlie lashes out at her, He humiliates her in front of the other workers. Lola storms out, and the factory workers go home. Alone, Charlie struggles with the weight of his father's legacy and what it means to be his own man ("Soul of a Man"). Lauren finds Charlie and tells him to come back to the factory.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Act II
The film is a patchwork of songs and jokes tied to the misadventures of bumbling John Willie, played by Formby. ("John Willie" was a character made famous by Formby's father, George Formby, Sr., in music halls of the early 1900s.) Despite the crude photography and recording, and the minuscule budget of £3,000, "Boots! Boots!" became an enormous hit. It was reissued in 1938, in a shortened 55-minute form, to capitalize on Formby's later fame; for six decades this abridged version was the only one in circulation, until an uncut, 80-minute print was located and restored for DVD release.
Boots! Boots! | Outline
In June 2019, St. Louis will be the first city to produce a regional production of "Kinky Boots" at The Muny (St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre). The original Broadway producers and team will oversee the production and development. The cast features Graham Scott Fleming as Charlie Price, J. Harrison Ghee as Lola, and Taylor Louderman as Lauren.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Muny Production
A Broadway original cast album, produced by Lauper, Oremus and William Wittman was released on May 28, 2013. It premiered at number one on the Billboard Cast Albums Chart and number fifty-one on the "Billboard" 200 chart, making it the highest charting Broadway cast recording since "The Book of Mormon"s album was released two years earlier. Before the Chicago tryout, "Sex Is in the Heel" became the first Broadway song to reach the top 10 of the "Billboard" club charts in 25 years. "Land of Lola" was released as a dance remix by Wayne G. & LFB in June 2013.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Recordings
Upon its October 2012 Chicago opening, "Chicago Tribune" critic Chris Jones described the show as a "warm, likable, brassy, sentimental, big-hearted and modestly scaled" production. Another reviewer praised the score, book, direction and, particularly, Porter, before suggesting that, before opening on Broadway, it could use a more effective opening number, better pacing in Act 2 and "the budding romance between Charlie and coworker Lauren ... needs more lead-in. In other words, give Ashford, a clear crowd favorite, more to do". The musical's Broadway debut received mixed to positive reviews. The show was awarded a "Critic's Pick" designation by "The New York Times, Time Out New York" and "New York Magazine", and was included in "Entertainment Weekly" magazine's "Must See" list.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Critical reaction
A non-Equity US tour was launched in Paducah, Kentucky, on December 29, 2018. A South Korean production ran from December 2, 2014, to February 22, 2015, at the Chungmu Art Hall in Seoul.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Non-Equity
Charlie, remembering Lola's background, is horrified. Lola easily scores against Don in the ring but ultimately lets Don win the match ("In This Corner"). Afterward, in private, Don asks why she let him win, and Lola replies that she could not be so cruel as to humiliate Don in front of his mates. She gives him her part of the challenge: "accept someone for who they are." Charlie is pouring his own money into the factory to ensure it will be ready in time for Milan, and he is getting frantic that the product is not right, angrily forcing his staff to redo what he considers to be shoddy work.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Act II
The film earned a total of $9,941,428 internationally.
Kinky Boots (film) | Box office
A Broadway original cast album for the musical "Kinky Boots" was released on May 28, 2013, less than two months after the show opened on Broadway. It was produced by Cyndi Lauper, who wrote the songs, Stephen Oremus, the orchestrator and conductor, and William Wittman. On release it premiered at number one on the Billboard Cast Albums Chart and number fifty-one on the "Billboard" 200 chart, making it the highest charting Broadway cast recording since "The Book of Mormon"s album was released two years earlier. Before the album's release and the show's Chicago tryout beginning in October 2012, the song "Sex Is in the Heel" became the first Broadway song to reach the top 10 of the "Billboard" club charts in 25 years.
Kinky Boots (Broadway cast album) | Introduction
A UK tour started on September 19, 2018, at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton, where the show is set, and continued through 2019 before closing at Hull New Theatre on November 23.
Kinky Boots (musical) | UK & Ireland Tour
The album received a favorable review in "Playbill" from Steven Suskin and won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Kinky Boots (Broadway cast album) | Reception
The album received a favorable review in "Playbill" from Steven Suskin and won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. A West End Original Cast Recording was recorded live at the Adelphi Theatre and released April 1, 2016. The West End cast recording was nominated for a 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Recordings
In a broadcast interview with Patrick Healy of "The New York Times", Lauper and Fierstein said that, in adapting the film, they stressed themes of community and the universality of the father-son bond as vehicles to explore the issues of tolerance and self-acceptance. "Kinky Boots" was given a reading on October 6, 2011. Lauper was actively engaged in refining the material once the cast began readings. In January 2012, Roth announced that the show would be workshopped that month, and that Stark Sands and Billy Porter had been cast in the starring roles. In August 2012, the producers announced the Broadway opening date of April 4, 2013.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Background and creation
mix of sentimentality and eccentricity", and that the costumes and boots courtesy of Gregg Barnes made for "big red scene stealers". He also praised “Raise You Up/Just Be,” as "one of the best curtain numbers since 'You Can't Stop the Beat' sent "Hairspray" audiences dancing out of the theater.” Brantley, however, did not extend his praise to Fierstein's script, writing that his "sticky, sermonizing side" comes through in the second half, where "all the clichés stand naked before you."
Kinky Boots (musical) | Critical reaction
"Kinky Boots" is a 1960s song written by Herbert Kretzmer and David Lee, and recorded by Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman, stars of the television series "The Avengers". The music was commissioned by Ned Sherrin for the satirical television series "That Was the Week That Was" and used in a sequence featuring the titular footwear (then fashionable). Lyrics were later added for a recording by Macnee and Blackman, released by Decca in February 1964. The song was not initially a hit, but one re release of 1990 reached the top ten of the British Singles Chart in December of that year, after the song was promoted by BBC Radio One DJ Simon Mayo.
Kinky Boots (song) | Introduction
"Kinky Boots" closed on January 12, 2019 after over 1400 performances.
Kinky Boots (musical) | West End
"Kinky Boots" is based on the 2005 British film of the same name, which was in turn inspired by a 1999 episode of the BBC2 documentary television series "Trouble at the Top". It followed the true story of Steve Pateman, who was struggling to save his family-run shoe factory from closure and decided to produce fetish footwear for men, under the brand name "Divine Footwear". Daryl Roth, a Tony Award-winning producer, saw the film at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and fell in love with its "heart and soul". She felt that its themes resonated and thought that the story had potential as source material for a musical.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Background and creation
This demonstrates how the musical's financial power has played a strong role in “starting a dialogue”, both support and criticism, facilitating the necessary steps to “open peoples’ minds” and hearts towards LGBTI Americans. Fierstein responded that the show's inclusion in the parade reflected decreasing prejudice and increased tolerance for LGBT people in society. The performance of August 26, 2015 marked the 1000th Broadway performance for the production. The Broadway production closed on April 7, 2019 after 34 previews and 2,507 performances.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Broadway
"Land of Lola" was released as a dance remix by Wayne G. & LFB in June 2013.
Kinky Boots (Broadway cast album) | Introduction
The paper found the show timely for its treatment of problems that paralleled those at the time of its production, including "chronic unemployment, financial distress and the collapse of manufacturing". Prior to the June 9, 2013 Tony Awards, "Kinky Boots" had trailed its box office competitor, "Matilda the Musical", in advance sales. However, less than a month after opening, "Kinky Boots" surpassed this rival in weekly box office gross. "Kinky Boots" won a season-high six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The next day, the show sold $1.25 million tickets, and its advance ticket sales for future dates became a hot commodity.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Broadway
In November 2018 it was announced that the musical would be produced as part of the on board entertainment for Norwegian Encore, a cruise ship in the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Cruise Line
In the weeks following its Tony wins, the show became so popular that in the beginning of July a special ticket lottery system was created to keep fans from camping outside the theatre. "Kinky Boots" set a new box-office record at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, and "recouped its $13.5 million capitalization in a relatively quick 30 weeks of performances", which was "faster than any big budget musical in recent history." In October 2013, "Kinky Boots" had the second highest premium-price tickets on Broadway behind only "The Book of Mormon". After its six-year run (closing on April 7, 2019), the show had grossed $319 million.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Broadway
The song also featured in the 2005 film "Kinky Boots" (including on its soundtrack album).
In These Shoes? | Background
A US national tour began at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas on September 4, 2014. The role of Lola was set to be played by Kyle Taylor Parker. Porter took a week off from the Broadway production to perform with the national tour when it visited his home town of Pittsburgh from August 4 through August 9, 2015, at the Benedum Center. The tour closed at The Kentucky Center in June 2017.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Equity
The film received mixed reviews on release, with critics decrying the "formulaic Britcom plot". On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 56%, based on 109 reviews with a weighted average score of 5.72/10. The website's critics consensus reads: ""Kinky Boots" relies heavily on the "Full Monty" formula of Britcoms, while playing it too safe in a desperate attempt not to offend. Ejiofor's performance is its redeeming virtue.
Kinky Boots (film) | Critical response
The West End production began previews at the Adelphi Theatre in London, on August 21, 2015, with its official opening night on September 15. Tickets went on sale on March 2. Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry played Charlie and Lola respectively, with other cast members including Amy Lennox as Lauren, Amy Ross as Nicola, Jamie Baughan as Don and Michael Hobbs as George. The West End production became London's first paperless and mobile ticketing operation. Although the show is set in a British town, it took a concerted effort to remove Americanisms from the Broadway production. On July 8, 2017, Matt Henry departed from the role of Lola after 2 years and around 750 performances in the role.
Kinky Boots (musical) | West End
An episode of BBC2 documentary series "Trouble at the Top", broadcast on 24 February 1999, inspired the film. The former featured Steve Pateman struggling with possible closure of W.J. Brooks Ltd, a family-controlled Earls Barton, Northamptonshire shoe factory, that soon catered to the market of men wearing traditionally women's shoes, such as black patent boots, under the "Divine" brand. Many of the movie's scenes were filmed in the factory used by Tricker's in Northampton.
Kinky Boots (film) | Background
On February 6, 2012, the "Chicago Tribune" reported that "Kinky Boots"' producers were considering taking advantage of an incentive program from the State of Illinois for out-of-town tryouts for Broadway shows. The October 2012 pre-Broadway Chicago tryout was announced on February 22, 2012. On June 28, 2012 the full Chicago cast was announced. The production was rehearsed at the New 42nd Street Studios in New York City in September 2012. The show began its pre-Broadway run at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, on October 2, 2012, which continued until November 4, 2012. The show was directed and choreographed by Mitchell; scenic design was by David Rockwell, costumes by Gregg Barnes, lighting by Kenneth Posner and sound by John Shivers.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Chicago
Back in Northampton, while in the process of laying off workers, one employee, Lauren, gives Charlie the idea of looking for a niche market product to save the business. Charlie then recruits Lauren to assist him in designing a high-heeled boot for drag performers. When their initial designs are met with scorn by Lola, Charlie and Lauren bring her on as a consultant. The road is initially bumpy: many of the male employees are uncomfortable with Lola's presence and the new direction, and Charlie's relationship with his fiancée, Nicola, begins to deteriorate as she encourages him to sell the factory building to a real estate developer.
Kinky Boots (film) | Plot
Although things improve when Lola tones down her personality and starts making friends, matters take a turn for the worse when Charlie is invited to showcase the new boots in Milan; the strain he puts on his employees causes most of them, including Lola, to walk out. Charlie's fiancée arrives at the factory, furious that he took out a second mortgage on their house to save the company. Nicola insists that he sell the company, but Charlie is determined to save it and the jobs of his employees. The argument (which ends with Nicola leaving Charlie) is broadcast on the factory's PA system, which is overheard by Lauren and Lola's bitterest opponent at the factory, Don, a chauvinistic male worker.
Kinky Boots (film) | Plot
The music director and orchestrator was Stephen Oremus. The director and design team had gained previous critical acclaim and theatre or music awards. Mitchell had won a Tony Award for choreographing the 2005 revival of "La Cage aux Folles"; Barnes and Posner had won Tonys; and Rockwell had been nominated for Tonys and other theatre awards. Mitchell and Rockwell had previously collaborated on "Hairspray", "Catch Me If You Can" and "Legally Blonde". Mitchell told "The New York Times" that the "Everybody Say Yeah" scene, in which the cast celebrates the creation of the first pair of Kinky Boots with a choreographed celebration on conveyor belts, required repeated innovations and adjustments like the eventual addition of safety rails and actor controls for the apparatus.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Chicago
Don turns over a new leaf after Lola had graciously allowed him to win an arm wrestling match, and rallies the factory workers to make the boots in time for Charlie and Lauren to get to Milan. When Charlie catches Nicola with another man, he angrily takes out his frustrations on Lola, causing Lola to quit. After arriving in Milan with no one to model the boots, Charlie is forced to go onstage and model the boots himself. After tripping and ultimately falling flat on his face, Lola and her posse of drag queens arrive, put on a spectacular runway show, and save the day.
Kinky Boots (film) | Plot
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So Fine (film) | See also
The songs range in style "from pop to funk to new wave to tango, with highly personal lyrics". "New York Times" critic Melena Ryzik wrote: "Though there are plenty of hooky, rousing numbers, the emotional heart of "Kinky Boots" is several ballads about the weight of parental expectations." The musical uses a twelve-piece orchestra consisting of keyboards, percussion, bass, guitars, reeds, violin, viola, cello, trumpet, and trombone. On August 30, 2017, songwriters Benny Mardones and Robert Tepper sued Cyndi Lauper for lifting elements from their song “Into the Night” for "Kinky Boots"’ final song “Raise You Up.” The judge referred the case to a mediator, but no settlement was reached.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Music
Ejiofor was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Kinky Boots (film) | Awards
Some of the factory workers are not enthusiastic about the radical change in their product line. Some of them, especially the intimidating Don, make Lola feel very unwelcome. Lola taunts him back, enlisting the help of the female factory workers to prove that Lola is closer to a woman's ideal man than Don ("What a Woman Wants"). Lola presents Don with a unique wager to see who is the better "man": Lola will do anything that Don specifies if Don will do the same thing for her. Don's challenge is for Lola to fight him in a boxing match at the pub.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Act II
Kid Boots is a 1926 American silent feature comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle, and based on the 1923 musical written by William Anthony McGuire and Otto Harbach. This was entertainer Eddie Cantor's first film. A print is preserved at the Library of Congress.
Kid Boots (film) | Introduction
Ben Brantley of "The New York Times" gave a warm review, calling it "inspired" and comparing the work to other successful recent Broadway musicals: "Like "The Full Monty" (choreographed by Mr. Mitchell) and "Billy Elliot the Musical", it is set in a hard-times British factory town, where jobs are in jeopardy and spirits need lifting. Like "La Cage aux Folles" and "Priscilla Queen of the Desert", it presents drag queens as the show’s official spirit lifters. And like "Hairspray", the musical this production most resembles in tone, "Kinky Boots" is about finding your passion, overcoming prejudice and transcending stereotypes." Brantley wrote that Lauper's "love- and heat-seeking score" wowed with her "trademark ...
Kinky Boots (musical) | Critical reaction
Designer Derek McLane commented that it is not uncommon for repeat choreographer/set designer collaborations to result in intriguing innovation like the conveyor belt dance scene in "Kinky Boots". McLane was impressed with the "series of conveyor belts that came apart, moved around, and fit the context of the story" in order to accentuate the choreography of "a troupe of men in four-inch heels". With respect to the conveyor belts, he said, "They've never been used as dynamically as this, creating a series of surprises, with the kind of wild athleticism that actually looks dangerous. It's one of the more thrilling combinations of stage design and choreography that I can recall."
Kinky Boots (musical) | Chicago
Following Christopher Balme’s commodification paradigm, one could suggest "Kinky Boots"’ unprecedented financial power is a consequence of the musical’s ability to “tap into aspects of a society's ideological make-up”, such as issues regarding financial strife and LGBTI discrimination. The musical's economic clout empowers a shift in the American cultural climate, engendering acceptance of cross-dressing and transgender individuals. For example, on November 28, 2013, members of the cast performed the finale of the show in the nationally televised Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Many viewers commented that, in their opinion, the performance was inappropriate for a family program. By contrast, some spectators applauded the performance for sharing messages of “inclusivity” and “diversity”.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Broadway
Independently, Hal Luftig saw the film in London and agreed "that its heart and humanity (and bigger-than-life leading 'lady') would translate well to musical theatre." Within a year, Roth secured the rights to adapt the film to the stage and partnered with Luftig, a Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer. By mid-2008, Roth and Luftig were in discussions with a potential director, Jerry Mitchell, but they still had not found writers. When Roth sent Mitchell the DVD of the film, he was enthusiastic about it. Roth and Luftig hired Mitchell to direct and Harvey Fierstein to write the book. Mitchell knew that Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper were friends, and he thought they would make a good team to create the musical.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Background and creation
The film played at the Strand Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand, shortly before Christmas in 1919.
Boots (film) | Release
On March 27, 2017, Cook teased a thirty-second clip on social media with the quote "#gimmeheartbreak", indicating that his new single will be titled "Gimme Heartbreak", which was released on June 23, 2017. An EP, "Chromance", was released on February 16, 2018. Cook made his Broadway debut playing Charlie Price, in "Kinky Boots" on April 3, 2018, and would play a limited run through May 5. Cook returned to "Kinky Boots" for a second limited run starting July 17 to September 9, 2018. From October 25 to November 20, 2018, Cook embarked on "Acoustic Tour." On October 26, 2018, Cook released a new single, "Death of Me."
David Cook (singer) | 2017–present: "Chromance" and "Kinky Boots"
Boots! Boots! is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Bert Tracy and starring George Formby, Beryl Formby, and Arthur Kingsley. It was made by Blakeley's Productions, Ltd. (later Mancunian Films) at the Albany Studios in London. The premiere of the film was in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
Boots! Boots! | Introduction
Mark Alexander Ballas Jr. (born May 24, 1986) is a British/American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He played Charlie Price in the 2012 Broadway musical "Kinky Boots" and played Frankie Valli in the Broadway musical "Jersey Boys".
Alexander Jean | Mark Ballas
Boots is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Dorothy Gish. It was produced by D. W. Griffith, his New Art Film Co., and distributed through Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures.
Boots (film) | Introduction
The musical comedy on which this film was based, "Present Arms", ran from April through September 1928 at Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre (currently the Brooks Atkinson Theatre). Produced by Lew Fields, it had music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, with a book by Herbert Fields. It starred and was choreographed by Busby Berkeley. The John Tiller Sunshine Girls also appeared in this film. In 1958, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
Leathernecking | Notes
They provided black leather kinky boots to accompany a Mary Quant ensemble in 1963, and a pair of shoes for a John Bates dress in 1965.
Anello &amp; Davide | Company history
The song was used by Stanley Kubrick for a scene in his 1987 film "Full Metal Jacket", where a Vietnamese woman in a miniskirt propositions a couple of American GIs. The song was included in the 1995 film "Now and Then". However, the song did not appear on the film's soundtrack. The song was included in the 1997 film "".
These Boots Are Made for Walkin' | In popular culture
"Kinky Boots" also won the 2013 Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting in the Broadway musical category. The West End production won the Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award for Best New Musical, which was based on voting by the public at the 2015 Evening Standard Theatre Awards. The show earned seven nominations for the 2016 Laurence Olivier Awards, which was second to a revival of "Gypsy", which earned eight nominations. "Kinky Boots" won three Olivier Awards: Best New Musical, Best Actor in a Musical and Best Costume Design, trailing only "Gypsy"'s four awards.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Awards and nominations
Barber made his Broadway debut as Don in "Kinky Boots" January 21, 2019, and played a limited run until March 3. Barber said in a statement, "I was very fortunate to be part of the New York Giants for ten years and feel incredibly lucky to be joining another New York institution: Broadway."
Tiki Barber | Theater
A film "Silk Stockings" based on the stage musical was released in 1957.
Silk Stockings | Film
However, herein Carnaby Street plastic capes and "kinky boots" are the order of the day. But in attempting '60s kitsch, Franco fails to hit the mark."
Sumuru | Films
"Matilda" had been the pre-awards season favorite, but as the season progressed, it became clear that "Kinky Boots" and the revival of "Pippin" would provide serious competition. Early in the 2013 awards season, "Kinky Boots" did well, receiving Drama League Award nominations for Distinguished Production of a Musical and Distinguished Performance, for both Porter and Sands, and winning for Distinguished Production. The show received nine Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, winning three, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Outstanding New Score and Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Porter). The musical received only two Drama Desk Award nominations, however, and only one win: Porter for Outstanding Actor in a Musical.
Kinky Boots (musical) | Awards and nominations
The company was granted a royal warrant in 1989. Tricker's factory in Northampton is a Grade II listed building. Much of the movie version of the musical "Kinky Boots" was filmed in the factory.
Tricker's | Introduction
The frequent gags and unconventional plots provide the Laugh-O-Grams with the mood of a carnival spectacle.
Puss in Boots (1922 film) | Production
The musical's name came from the band's 1966 hit single "Sunny Afternoon" and features songs from the band's back catalogue.
The Kinks | Legacy
The film, "Boots! Boots!", was shot on a budget of £3,000 in a one-room studio in Albany Street, London. Formby played the John Willie character, while Beryl also appeared, and the couple were paid £100 for the two weeks' work, plus 10 per cent of the profits. The film followed a revue format, and Jo Botting, writing for the British Film Institute, describes it as having a "wafer-thin plot" that is "almost incidental". Botting also considers the film has "poor sound quality, static scene set-ups and [a] lack of sets", and while it did not impress the critics, audience figures were high.
George Formby | Burgeoning film career: 1934–1940
The number ends with Astaire symbolically smashing his top hat, considered one of his trademarks, signaling his retirement from movie musicals, which he announced following the film's release.
Silk Stockings (1957 film) | Introduction
Both picture and sound for at least two musical numbers from the long version are also known to survive: "When You're In Love, You'll Waltz" and "The Kinkajou".
Rio Rita (1929 film) | Preservation
This short was released on DVD in the special features of the MGM movie musical "Silk Stockings" (1957).
Paree, Paree | Home media
Aside from Burton's usual eye-popping direction, the film's strenuous efforts at becoming a camp classic eventually begin to wear thin."
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) | Critical response
In 1964, entrepreneur K. Gordon Murray acquired American rights to the film, edited it to 70 minutes, dubbed it, and released it nationwide as one in a series of fantasy films intended to be exhibited strictly as matinee films for children. Murray's advertising for these films came with strict instructions as to showtimes, additional programming, advertising displays, and other matters normally left to the discretion of theater managers.
Puss in Boots (1961 film) | Distribution
Richard Barrios (author of "A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film") provided notes for Kino Video's compilation, "The Best of Big Bands and Swing":
Musical short | 1930s
"Off the Dole" cost £3,000 to make, and earned £80,000 at the box office. As with Formy's previous film, "Boots! Boots!" (1934), the film was in a revue format, and also showed Formby in the role of John Willie; Beryl was his co-star. According to Formby's biographer, the cultural historian Jeffrey Richards, the two films "are an invaluable record of the pre-cinematic Formby at work".
Off the Dole | Background/production
Most of the Small Faces edition was commercially released as part of the 'All Or Nothing 1965-1968' DVD in 2009, and in 2018 the entire show was issued on the 50th anniversary edition of "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake". The Moody Blues edition was released as part of their 'Timeless Flight' box set in 2013, and again on the 50th anniversary edition of "In Search of the Lost Chord" in 2018. The Move's edition was included on their 'Magnetic Waves of Sound' CD/DVD release in 2017. The off-air audio of The Kinks edition was included on the 'Kinks at the BBC' box set in 2012.
Colour Me Pop | Availability
On 26 May 2018, it was announced that he would play the role of the Teen Angel in the 2018 Toronto revival of "Grease" in a limited engagement from 7–10 June. From 11 September 2018 to 18 November 2018, Ballas portrayed Charlie Price in the musical "Kinky Boots" on Broadway.
Mark Ballas | Acting
The village was the inspiration for the film "Kinky Boots" and part of the film was shot here. It is based on the true story of a local boot factory which turned from Dr Marten's, their own Provider brand and traditional boots to producing fetish footwear in order to save the ailing family business and the jobs of his workers. The village has a history of ingenious industry including the Barker's shoe factory, a woven label company, and the White & Co factory that produced Tredair and Dr Marten's boots until 2003. In the village's small market square there is a pharmacy run by a member of the Jeyes chemist's family, which family invented and manufactured Jeyes Fluid.
Earls Barton | Miscellany
Prior to the Broadway opening, the producer, Martin Starger, fired the original director, the male lead, featured performers, and the production manager. This resulted in a delay of the opening from December 2 to December 16. Starger, Styne and the eventual director, Stanley Donen, wanted the musical to essentially be a stage version of the 1948 film. However, the original director, Susan H. Schulman, Norman, choreographer Lar Lubovitch, and set designer Heidi Landesman felt that to follow the film closely would produce a "dull, dated show." Bob Merrill was brought in to assist in re-writing the lyrics. The Broadway production, in 1993, was a failure, losing nearly $8 million.
The Red Shoes (musical) | History
Together with the sharp rise in disposable income from "cowboy capitalism" in the black market, the Austin music scene generated high demand for Charlie's boots. Jerry Jeff Walker's "Charlie Dunn" (1972) both reflected this trend and accelerated it. Besides a paean to Charlie's artistry and skill, Walker describes sources of conflict apparent to any visitor:
Charlie Dunn | Capitol Saddlery
Act I Act II Also interpolated into the show:
Kid Boots | Songs
Kid Boots is a musical with a book by William Anthony McGuire and Otto Harbach, music by Harry Tierney, and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. The show was staged by Edward Royce. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, the Broadway production, opened on December 31, 1923 at the Earl Carroll Theatre and then moved to the Selwyn Theatre, where it ended on February 21, 1925, for a total of 489 performances. The cast starred Eddie Cantor and Mary Eaton, with George Olsen and his orchestra. The show was billed as “A Musical Comedy of Palm Beach and Golf” and was set at the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida.
Kid Boots | Introduction
The album debuted in ITunes Top Ten Pop Album Chart after its release in late June 2016. The "Straight Outta Oz Tour" was interrupted by Hall's casting in the Broadway musical "Kinky Boots". They offered the lead in "Kinky Boots" "without even auditioning, because they felt my story was so similar to that of Lola's", a drag queen cabaret performer. Hall's performance was well received by critics. He performed 155 shows from November 1, 2016, to March 1, 2017.
Todrick Hall | 2016–2017: "Straight Outta Oz", "Kinky Boots", and "RuPaul's Drag Race"
The expensive film received mixed reviews, mainly due to the lackluster direction of William Nigh and Harry Beaumont. Its Technicolor sequences and musical score, however, were universally praised. "The story's strong enough to be festooned with Technicolored girls, ballets, songs and effects without breaking down," said "Photoplay" "You'll like this." Sheet music sales and sales of phonograph records with songs from the film were brisk. "Should I" and "A Bundle of Old Love Letters" proved to be among the most popular song hits of the year 1930.
Lord Byron of Broadway | Critical response
Charlie & Boots is a 2009 Australian film starring Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson. It had the best opening weekend for any Australian film in 2009 when it was released on Father's Day (1 September 2009). The film features many small towns in country Australia. It also has a cameo by Reg Evans, who died in the 2009 Victorian bushfires before the film was released, and the film is dedicated to the victims of the fires.
Charlie &amp; Boots | Introduction
The film's title was a spoof of the Fannie Hurst drama "Humoresque", one of the biggest film hits of 1920. The Marx Brothers would finally find success in motion pictures with "The Cocoanuts" (1929).
Humor Risk | Introduction
The film opened 17 September 1981 and received the widest release ever in West Germany, opening in 220 theatres and grossing a record $5,176,000 in the first two weeks. The film opened in the United States on February 10, 1982.
Das Boot | Release
The film premiered on October 16, 1929. Film historian Scott Eyman, in his book "The Speed of Sound", wrote that the film was one of a wave of more than 70 musicals inundating American movie theaters in 1930. Like most of its genre at the time, it was financially disappointing and "barely broke even", despite the "glorious rowdy Charlotte Greenwood", Eyman said.
So Long Letty (1929 film) | Release and reception
Kinky boots, also referred to as fetish boots, are boots made typically with patent leather and high stiletto heels. Their extreme characteristics intended to present a dramatic sexy appearance, such as by a prostitute or dominatrix. Characteristics often include very high heels, thigh- or crotch-high length, or unusual colors or materials. Boots of this type, and specifically the thigh-high leather boots worn by Honor Blackman in her role as Cathy Gale in "The Avengers", are referred to in the 1964 song "Kinky Boots" by Blackman and her "Avengers" co-star Patrick Macnee.
Thigh-high boots | 1960s
The sound quality of the album drops drastically after the first set ends because portions of the original high-quality recording have been lost. The CD packaging includes a note about this on the back cover: In an interview, Wyatt said that some of the earlier bootlegs "simply shouldn't have" been released due to their poor sound quality, comparing them to fans searching through Bob Dylan's garbage. Still, he said he "didn't want mislead people into thinking that [the 2005 official release] was a new or perfectly formed recording."
Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974 | 2005 release
Early in the 2013 awards season, "Kinky Boots" did well, receiving Drama League Award nominations for Distinguished Production of a Musical and Distinguished Performance, for both Porter and Sands, and winning for Distinguished Production. The show received nine Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, winning three, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Outstanding New Score and Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Porter). The musical received only two Drama Desk Award nominations, however, and only one win: Porter for Outstanding Actor in a Musical.
List of awards and nominations for the musical Kinky Boots | Introduction
The movie was reissued theatrically on April 13, 1979, with a shorter running time of 96 minutes and all songs, excluding "Portobello Road" and "Beautiful Briny Sea", muted out.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Release