Harvey Fierstein Preps KINKY BOOTS Dialogue for London

According to the Daily Mail, book writer Harvey Fierstein has taken a fine-toothed comb to Kinky Boots to make sure "no Americanisms" will appear in the musical's London run.

Fierstein reportedly met with Geoff Deane, who wrote the original film script with Tim Firth.

"I sent him the script and Geoff wrote back and said: 'We don't do condos', so I changed that to converted lofts," Fierstein told the Mail. He added: "You want to be very respectful of your audience. If words are wrong, it puts you right off the show."

Kinky Boots, the hit musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner 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. The first preview is scheduled for August 21, 2015.

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.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

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