Photo Coverage: KINKY BOOTS' New Lola, Wayne Brady Celebrates His Opening Night!
By: Walter McBride Dec. 02, 2015
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Emmy Award-winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady officially took over the coveted role of 'Lola' in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on November 21, 2015. The show celebrated his opening night yesterday, and BroadwayWorld was there for the special night. Check out photo coverage below!
After making his Broadway debut in 2004 as 'Billy Flynn' in CHICAGO, Brady also played 'Collins' in the 2010 Neil Patrick Harris-directed RENT at the Hollywood Bowl and last year starred in Pasadena Playhouse's trailblazing production of KISS ME, KATE. In 2003, he won both a Primetime Emmy Award for "Whose Line Is It Anyway" and a Daytime Emmy Award as host of his own talk show, "TheWayne Brady Show." He currently hosts the CBS game show "Let's Make a Deal," which has earned him six Daytime Emmy Award nominations.
Now in its third smash year, Kinky Boots is also currently touring in the country on its First National Tour, and recently opened a production in Toronto in June. The show opened in the West End on September 15, 2015 at London's Adelphi Theatre, and has also announced an Australian production set to open in October 2016.
KINKY BOOTS tells the uplifting and heartwarming tale of Charlie Price, a young man reluctantly taking over his family's struggling business. Charlie meets and finds inspiration in Lola and together, the 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. The winner of six 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Kinky Boots features a Tony Award-winning score by Cyndi Lauper, a book by Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, and direction and choreography by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell. The Grammy Award-winning Original Broadway Cast Recording of Kinky Boots is available on Sony Masterworks Broadway.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein
Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein
Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein
Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein
Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein
Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein
Hal Luftig, Harvey Fierstein, Wayne Brady, Daryl Roth and Cyndi Lauper
Hal Luftig, Harvey Fierstein, Wayne Brady, Daryl Roth and Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper, Wayne Brady and Harvey Fierstein
Cyndi Lauper, Wayne Brady and Harvey Fierstein
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