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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#1
Posted: 11/9/17 at 1:33pm

Guess its not closing!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Scissor-Sisters-and-Pentatonix-Members-Jake-Shears-and-Kirstin-Maldonado-Will-Join-KINKY-BOOTS-on-Broadway-20171109

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#2
Posted: 11/9/17 at 1:38pm

Okay, then...

usn120 said: "Really... REALLY...? It's been 8 years and you thought it was worth bumping to share that you THINK Broadway "Star" Alex Wyse is Jewish?"

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#3
Posted: 11/9/17 at 1:39pm

Kinky Boots knows how to stunt cast.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#4
Posted: 11/9/17 at 1:40pm

Huh. That’s... odd casting.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#5
Posted: 11/9/17 at 1:40pm

I love Ghee as Lola, but it would have been nice to see the original cast members close the show. I’m glad it lives on for everyone involved, but I hope they get to close it when that day does come.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#6
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:23pm

Oh god, I really love Scissor Sisters. But is it worth sitting through Kinky Boots again?

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#7
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:32pm

I'm mildly surprised that Shears isn't using his real name (didn't he with Tales of the City, as writer?).

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#8
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:38pm

Jake Shears does have a terrific voice but this is odd casting.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#9
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:39pm

I’m sure the idea was to close out the show with Billy and Stark, but I bet Brendon Urie made them enough money to run for much longer. Good for Kinky! Also, I’m excited to see a woman of color play Lauren.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#10
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:55pm

Very odd that he’s doing this. He is about to release new music isn’t he?

Plus he’s just wrong for the role...not that seems to matter much these days I guess.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#11
Posted: 11/9/17 at 4:02pm

Well that will be one very camp Charlie--no doubt about his sexuality now.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#12
Posted: 11/9/17 at 5:19pm

SweetLips said: "Well that will be one very camp Charlie--no doubt about his sexuality now."

Possible understatement. This is the only video I've seen with Jake Shears. I'm sure he's a talented person, but him as Charlie Price?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGCD4xb-Tr8

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#13
Posted: 11/9/17 at 5:23pm

Hm, I'm just spit balling here, but maybe, just maybe, Shears will act to reflect the given circumstances of the character.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#14
Posted: 11/9/17 at 5:49pm

^^^THIS^^^

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#15
Posted: 11/9/17 at 7:09pm

They're only there for 3 months, so it's not a long run for either of them. This has been in the works for a while, but I wonder if they're looking to bring in another name for the summer or just close the show in April?

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#16
Posted: 11/9/17 at 7:31pm

Oh Kad, I love you.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#17
Posted: 11/9/17 at 8:37pm

I saw Shears in "Bent" in LA a couple of years back - truly phenomenal!

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#18
Posted: 11/9/17 at 9:04pm

I agree with Cinders. Shears was stunning in Bent.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#19
Posted: 11/9/17 at 9:19pm

I was going to say the same about Shears and Bent.

If you saw him in that, I don't think you'd find this odd casting at all. It's called "acting".

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#20
Posted: 11/9/17 at 9:47pm

Jake has said in interviews before he's quite a stiff actor, offering that as the reason he didn't intend on going into acting.

Very likely he has studied and perhaps improved. I mention the comment only to not it may not be that strange of casting, actually, If he's a bit stiff, that would work well with the part.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#21
Posted: 11/9/17 at 10:21pm

I guess I'll eat my hat, because I really thought they were going to close the show with Stark and Billy. Personally, I still think they should've done it that way. But it'll be great for Jake to make his Broadway debut. It'll be good choice - all the Scissor Sisters fans, who were young when they first came out but now middle-aged with discretionary income, to spend the night out with a rock star they loved back then.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#22
Posted: 11/9/17 at 10:31pm

Hmm I saw Stark Sands and Billy Porter in this recently and they were phenomenal. Hard to imagine anyone else besides Billy Porter being Lola.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#23
Posted: 11/9/17 at 11:19pm

poisonivy2 said: "Hmm I saw Stark Sands and Billy Porter in this recently and they were phenomenal. Hard to imagine anyone else besides Billy Porter being Lola."

I have seen Kinky Boots four times now, twice with Porter and once with Ghee (can't remember who it was the fourth time) and I have to say - Ghee is by far the best Lola I have seen. He has a phenomenal voice, and is also a very glamorous drag queen offstage so the role feels more natural for him than anyone else.

I had a major crush on Jake Shears, he was one of my absolute favorite gay idols growing up so I'd definitely try to catch the show with him if time/circumstances permit.

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#24
Posted: 11/9/17 at 11:30pm

How old IS Jake Shears ?[yes I could look it up but..] There's mention here of 'growing up with' ,audience now 'middle age'.

I though Scissor Sisters were somehow new[ish]--Kylie loves Jake--but obviously they have been around for yonks[and Jake has a great surgeon].

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Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway#25
Posted: 11/10/17 at 12:13am

Kee-ryst people! Jake Shears is 4 days younger than Stark Sands.

Is it too much trouble to save all the bitchery until after he debuts?

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