Photo Coverage: Just Be! Meet the Company of the KINKY BOOTS National Tour
By: Walter McBride Aug. 21, 2014
Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig, lead producers of Kinky Boots, the smash-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 soon present the upcoming first national tour. Kyle Taylor Parker (Kinky Boots, In the Heights national tour), one of the Angels in the original Broadway company, will strut his stuff as Lola - something he has done to great acclaim on several occasions in New York as the Lola understudy. Steven Booth (Avenue Q, Glory Days, Dogfight) will star as shoe factory owner Charlie Price. Parker and Booth will be joined by Lindsay Nicole Chambers (Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Lysistrata Jones) as Lauren, Joe Coots (TV's "Inside Amy Schumer," Full Monty national tour) as Don, Craig Waletzko (Guys & Dolls, Young Frankenstein) as George and Grace Stockdale in her touring debut as Nicola.
The company met the press yesterday and BroadwayWorld was on hand of all of the festivities. Below, check out photos from inside the event!
The national tour kicks off in Las Vegas September 4-14, 2014, followed by other United States west coast stops in Tempe, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Costa Mesa before heading east in 2015. The full tour route can be found at www.kinkybootsthemusical.com.
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
Jerry Mitchell, Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Jerry Mitchell, Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Jerry Mitchell and Cyndi Lauper
Jerry Mitchell and Richard Ridge
Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper
Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig
Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig
Harvey Fierstein, Kyle Taylor Parker, director Jerry Mitchell, Steven Booth, Cyndi Lauper, Lindsay Nicole Chambers and cast
Jerry Mitchell with 'The Angels'
Harvey Fierstein, Cyndi Lauper and Jerry Mitchell
Producer Daryl Roth, Kyle Taylor Parker, Harvey Fierstein, director Jerry Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Steven Booth, Lindsay Nicole Chambers and producer Hal Luftig
Producer Daryl Roth, Kyle Taylor Parker, Harvey Fierstein, director Jerry Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Steven Booth, Lindsay Nicole Chambers and producer Hal Luftig
Harvey Fierstein, Cyndi Lauper and Jerry Mitchell
Kyle Taylor Parker, Lindsay Nicole Chambers and Steven Booth
Kyle Taylor Parker, Lindsay Nicole Chambers and Steven Booth
Jerry Mitchell with 'The Angels'
Jerry Mitchell with 'The Angels'
Kyle Taylor Parker, Harvey Fierstein, director Jerry Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Steven Booth, Lindsay Nicole Chambers and cast
The Ensemble cast
Producer Daryl Roth, Kyle Taylor Parker, Harvey Fierstein, director Jerry Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Steven Booth, Lindsay Nicole Chambers and producer Hal Luftig with the cast
Harvey Fierstein, Cyndi Lauper and Jerry Mitchell
Harvey Fierstein, Cyndi Lauper and Jerry Mitchell
Harvey Fierstein, Cyndi Lauper and Jerry Mitchell
Kyle Taylor Parker, Lindsay Nicole Chambers and Steven Booth
Kyle Taylor Parker, Lindsay Nicole Chambers and Steven Booth
The ensemble cast
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