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Kinky Boots tour lately

darreyl102

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Kinky Boots tour lately#1
Posted: 4/6/16 at 3:31pm

has anyone seen the current touring cast lately? What where your thoughts? How's it holding up? Especially concern the leads J Harrison Ghee and Adam Kaplan. The show is in town and I am wrestling with seeing it again- saw it on Broadway multiple times and on tour as well (with the original touring cast and also when Darius Harper was on for Lola). It will be hard for me to squeeze it in my schedule and money is kinda tight, but if it's worth it, I'd try and go. Thanks in Advance!!

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Kinky Boots tour lately#2
Posted: 4/6/16 at 3:40pm

I was able to catch the tour in Charlotte over Christmas Break. I thought it was great. I believe it was the same cast as is currently on tour. I saw Kinky Boots with the original cast on Broadway, and was pleased with the show on tour. The stage appeared to be almost identical to what I remembered on Broadway.

Harrison Ghee did an exceptional job for Lola. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up with the part on Broadway sooner or later.

Adam Kaplan did a great job from an acting standpoint. He fits the part well. A little weak vocally compared to what you will find on Broadway, but still did a great job.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#3
Posted: 4/6/16 at 5:05pm

I saw the show in Austin and San Antonio. I loved it! The lead is a fabulous Lola. Adam Kaplan is very talented....and so friggin' cute ( in a boy next door way). BTW, welcome back Daryl.

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Updated On: 4/6/16 at 05:05 PM

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Kinky Boots tour lately#4
Posted: 4/6/16 at 5:07pm

I'm hoping to catch this when it hit's LA next week! It'll be my first time seeing the show. How's Aaron Walpole as Don?

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Kinky Boots tour lately#5
Posted: 4/6/16 at 6:50pm

I saw it in Atlanta last week and thought everyone was fantastic. It was the only time I've seen the show, so I had nothing to compare it to, but I really liked it.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#6
Posted: 4/6/16 at 7:34pm

Adair Haywind said: "I'm hoping to catch this when it hit's LA next week! It'll be my first time seeing the show. How's Aaron Walpole as Don?

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I thought Aaron did a great job as Don. I have a hard time saying anything negative about the cast as they all did an exceptional job. One of the best shows I have seen on tour. If you have an opportunity to catch it on tour, I wouldn't hesitate to buy a ticket.

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Updated On: 4/6/16 at 07:34 PM

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Kinky Boots tour lately#7
Posted: 8/14/16 at 8:23am

Does anyone know if the tour offers lottery or rush? It is coming to my city next year. Although I saw it on Broadway it is the only show of our package that I have any interest in seeing.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#8
Posted: 8/14/16 at 9:20am

I don't believe the tour offers a lottery, but it may have student rush.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#9
Posted: 8/14/16 at 9:24am

I think the only tours that offer lottery are Wicked and The Book of Mormon. I am sure there is some type of rush though. You can find out more information by contacting the box office of the venue where the show will be playing at.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#10
Posted: 8/14/16 at 9:32am

Thanks for the info. We had Phantom (again) this year for three weeks (!!!!). They offered a digital lottery. But that may have been offered due to lower than expected ticket sales.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#11
Posted: 8/30/16 at 9:02pm

I'm reviving this thread because I noticed recently that for the tour's Cleveland and now Chicago engagements, part of the set looks very different than it used to. I'm seeing pictures of the stage on instagram, and it looks like they have replaced the three-dimensional factory facade that serves as the pre show curtain with a flat, painted scrim/canvas thing in it's place. It doesn't even have the little green door leading into the factory that the original set has. Does anyone know what's up with this? It doesn't look good, but I assume they must have a reason for making that change.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#12
Posted: 8/30/16 at 9:21pm

245601 said: "I'm reviving this thread because I noticed recently that for the tour's Cleveland and now Chicago engagements, part of the set looks very different than it used to. I'm seeing pictures of the stage on instagram, and it looks like they have replaced the three-dimensional factory facade that serves as the pre show curtain with a flat, painted scrim/canvas thing in it's place. It doesn't even have the little green door leading into the factory that the original set has. Does anyone know what's up with this? It doesn't look good, but I assume they must have a reason for making that change."

That reason would be money. A scrim/drop is a lot faster to load in and out and takes up far less space on a truck than any three dimensional unit.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#13
Posted: 8/30/16 at 10:10pm

My question is, why does the tour Lola sound like The Chief from Carmen Sandiego?

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Kinky Boots tour lately#14
Posted: 8/30/16 at 10:37pm

That sounds like a drastic set change to have in the middle of a run. I'm guessing they had to tech it.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#15
Posted: 8/30/16 at 10:38pm

Did they change it before Cleveland or even earlier?

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Kinky Boots tour lately#16
Posted: 8/30/16 at 10:44pm

They had a few weeks off before Cleveland, which would have given them time to tech it. It's too bad because it doesn't look as good.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#17
Posted: 8/30/16 at 10:53pm

I also heard the actors got a pay cut. That really sucks.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#18
Posted: 8/30/16 at 10:54pm

I'm seeing it tomorrow, will report back!

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Kinky Boots tour lately#19
Posted: 8/30/16 at 11:22pm

245601 said: "I'm reviving this thread because I noticed recently that for the tour's Cleveland and now Chicago engagements, part of the set looks very different than it used to. I'm seeing pictures of the stage on instagram, and it looks like they have replaced the three-dimensional factory facade that serves as the pre show curtain with a flat, painted scrim/canvas thing in it's place. It doesn't even have the little green door leading into the factory that the original set has. Does anyone know what's up with this? It doesn't look good, but I assume they must have a reason for making that change.

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Yes, it is now a flat canvas with the factory sign detached. There is no door and every actor enters through stage right. It looks fine, but you can occasionally see the set being moved around behind the canvas.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#20
Posted: 8/31/16 at 1:58am

My question is, why does the tour Lola sound like The Chief from Carmen Sandiego?

I don't know who's playing Lola right now, but sounding like Lynne Thigpen would be great. She had a fantastic singing voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thfFzOIDvNo

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Kinky Boots tour lately#21
Posted: 8/31/16 at 10:01am

isn't the tour now on a SETA contract?

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour will be starting up in Somerville, NJ on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City, MO(May 29-Jun 3) and is now then touring throughout Japan August & September 2018. Japan schedule: Tokyo(Aug 15-21), Kanagawa(Aug 28-29), Shizuoka(Aug 30), Osaka(Aug 31 - Sept 2).

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Kinky Boots tour lately#22
Posted: 8/31/16 at 10:26am

Yes. They tiered down this season, and reteched the show in Cleveland before reopening.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#23
Posted: 8/31/16 at 10:47am

Any other visual changes? Or is it mostly behind the scenes stuff?

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Kinky Boots tour lately#24
Posted: 8/31/16 at 11:00am

Not that I could remember.

The burgundy pleather that Charlie cuts during "Step One" looks more obviously reusable, compared to it actually being cut, something I don't remember seeing during the Broadway production.

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Kinky Boots tour lately#25
Posted: 8/31/16 at 11:25am

I saw the show on broadway shortly before the tony awards from the far left side of the front mezzo, from that vantage point I could see that the pleather wasn't actually getting cut in step one. It just has pre cut pieces within the roll.

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