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On Monday, September 9, the Theater People podcast welcomes Tony-winning director Michael Mayer and writer/lyricist Dick Scanlan. For the episode, Mayer and Scanlan discuss their new collaboration, WHORL INSIDE A LOOP which Scanlan co-wrote with Sherie Rene Scott and which Mayer and Scanlan co-directed. The play, currently running Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theater, is loosely based on Scanlan and Scott's experience working with prison inmates on putting together a show based on monologues written by the inmates about the circumstances that landed them in jail.

On Your Feet!, a new musical based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, legendary producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan, just concluded its pre-Broadway World Premiere in Chicago. Next, the show will transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theatre on October 5, 2015 and officially open on November 5, 2015. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show's marquee below!

92Y has announced that EGOT winner Rita Moreno will interview Gloria and Emilio Estefan for the upcoming event on October 19. Moreno is a longtime friend of the Estefans and Emilio produced her new Spanish-language album, Una Vez Mas. 

It was yet another Wilde night at West Bloomfield's Berman Center for the Performing Arts, as Michigan's professional theater community gathered for The 14th Annual Wilde Awards presented by EncoreMichigan.com. Established in 2002, The 2015 Wilde Awards honored the best productions, performances and technical accomplishments of the recently concluded 2014-15 season.

'This prodigal son hath come home - as a lady!'

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Jessica Keenan Wynn in "Unlimited" on Monday, October 5, 2015. Currently starring on Broadway as Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Jessica will bring her very first solo show to 54 Below!

On Monday, August 31st, the Theater People podcast welcomes the Tony-nominated HAND TO GOD star Geneva Carr. In making her Broadway debut with HAND TO GOD, Carr gave one of last season's most critically acclaimed performances in the role of Margery, the protagonist's mother.

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), opens at the Ohio Theatre October 6-11.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and Broadway Across America announced that tickets to four musicals out of its five-show 2015-2016 Broadway in Miami season will go on sale for the first time on Saturday, September 12, 2015, during the Center's ARTSLAUNCH2015. In partnership with the local arts community and presented by American Airlines, ARTSLAUNCH2015 will celebrate the Arsht Center's box office opening and the start of the South Florida arts season with a day full of fun, free activities for the community. For more information on ARTSLAUNCH2015 events, please visit www.arshtcenter.org/artslaunch. 

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will bring Kinky Boots to the Fox Cities this October. Tickets go on sale to the general public today, Aug. 28 at 10 a.m.

Just yesterday, Tony Award-winner Billy Porter joined hundreds of hopefuls outside of the Hirschfeld Theatre in their most fabulous red footwear to celebrate the show's 1000th performance. To pay homage to the show's now-iconic red boots, the first 50 people in line at the Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th St) wearing red shoes received a free pair of tickets, plus the three most fabulous pairs of footwear, and winners (as chosen by Porter) got to join the cast backstage after the evening performance. Later that night the cast gathered on stage to celebrate with a toast and custom Kinky Boots cupcakes provided by Baked by Melissa. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the whole day below!

With Kinky Boots celebrating 1,000 performances tonight, gaining a new 'Lola' this fall (we're ready for you Wayne Brady!), kicking it on tour and abroad, plus Tony winner Cyndi Lauper's secret new project for Broadway, we've got a lot to say 'Yeah!' about. To mark the hit musical's milestone today, we're bringing you 10 of our favorite moments from high-kicking sensation's run!

The Tony Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS will celebrate its landmark 1,000th performance on Broadway tonight, August 26th, with a ticket giveaway and 'fabulous footwear' contest for fans.

How does Wayne feel about playing a drag queen on Broadway? In this exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the Emmy winner shares his thoughts on his upcoming role in KINKY BOOTS

BWW entrevista a Javier Santos, actor sevillano que repite en el West End, esta vez, con Kinky Boots repasando su carrera y los pasos que le llevaron a uno de los Olimpos del teatro musical a nivel mundial.

The sex may be in the heels, but in KINKY BOOTS the fun is in Cyndi Lauper's Tony and Grammy Award-winning score, a bouncy pop techno-disco party which keeps the musical's pedestrian plot from (ahem) dragging the show down.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will bring Kinky Boots to the Fox Cities this October. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, Aug. 28 at 10 a.m.

The UK premiere of Kinky Boots, Broadway's huge-hearted, high-heeled hit and winner of six Tony Awards, will open at London's Adelphi Theatre on 15 September 2015, with previews from tonight 21 August 2015.

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots will celebrate its landmark 1000th performance on Broadway on Wednesday, August 26th with a ticket giveaway and "fabulous footwear" contest for fans.

The upcoming UK premiere of Kinky Boots, Broadway's huge-hearted, high-heeled hit, will open at London's Adelphi Theatre on 15 September 2015, with previews from 21 August 2015. Click below to go behind the scenes with the cast and creative team as the prepare for their big West End opening!