This post sponsored by FSCJ Artist Series in Jacksonville. Tickets were provided for my honest opinion.
Ladies, gentlemen and those who have yet to make up your minds,
I went to see Kinky Boots the Musical tonight, and WOW! The lights, the songs, the costumes...it was breathtaking. I was captivated from the moment Charlie, the son in Price & Son's Shoes, come onto stage. And then there was little Simon, who took to the stage in his red high heels. You heard me correctly, HE was dancing around on stage in red high heels.
Fast forward a bunch of years, Charlie tries to run away from his shoemaker destiny. But, when his father passes away, he's forced back to the factory, to care for the workers that still need jobs. He was ready to throw in the towel, until he met Lola. She was tall, dressed in flashy clothing, and had a broken pair of high heels. Together Charlie and Lola will turn the shoe industry on its head; in the process, they'll change the hearts of many.
What happened to little Simon? Well, you'll have to go see Kinky Boots, and see for yourself.
Look for Kinky Boots in a city near you. This broadway production will have you laughing and crying, feeling feelings that are raw and real. After you've seen it, come tell me what you thought. I'd love to hear from you!
Jacksonville, Fla. – 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 in Jacksonville for its premier run May 2-7, 2017 at the Times-Union Center.
Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots has won every major Best Musical Award and is represented around the world with the Tony Award-winning Broadway company now in its fourth year, a North American First National Tour that launched in September 2014, a London production that opened in September 2015 (where it won the 2016 Olivier Award for Best Musical) and an Australian production that opened in October 2016. Previous productions include an extended run in Toronto, two Korean productions and a Japanese language production. The Grammy Award-winning Original Broadway Cast Recording of Kinky Boots is available on Sony Masterworks Broadway.
Kinky Boots took home six 2013 Tony Awards, the most of any show in the season, including Best Musical, Best Score (Cyndi Lauper), Best Choreography (Jerry Mitchell), Best Orchestrations (Stephen Oremus) and Best Sound Design (John Shivers). The show also received the Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Broadway.com Awards for Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album, along with many other accolades.
Inspired by true events, Kinky Boots takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie Price is struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and continue the family business of Price & Son. With the factory’s future hanging in the balance, help arrives in the unlikely but spectacular form of Lola, a fabulous performer in need of some sturdy new stilettos.
The creative team for Kinky Boots includes Tony® Award nominee David Rockwell (Scenic Design), Tony® Award-winner Gregg Barnes (Costume Design), Tony Award-winner Kenneth Posner (Lighting Design), Tony® Award-winner John Shivers (Sound Design), Josh Marquette (Hair Design), Randy Houston Mercer (Make-up Design), Telsey + Company, Justin Huff, CSA (Casting), DB Bonds (Associate Director) and Rusty Mowery (Associate Choreographer). Kinky Boots features Musical Direction by Ryan Fielding Garrett, and Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Tony and Grammy Award-winner Stephen Oremus.
Kinky Boots is produced on Broadway and on tour by Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Independent Presenters Network, CJ E&M, Jayne Baron Sherman, Just for Laughs Theatricals/Judith Ann Abrams, Yasuhiro Kawana, Jane Bergere, Allan S. Gordon & Adam S. Gordon, Ken Davenport, Hunter Arnold, Lucy and Phil Suarez, Bryan Bantry, Ron Fierstein and Dorsey Regal, Jim Kierstead/Gregory Rae, BB Group/Christina Papagjika, Michael DeSantis/Patrick Baugh, Brian Smith/Tom and Connie Walsh, Warren Trepp and Jujamcyn Theaters.
Kinky Boots Performance Schedule:
Tuesday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 5 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 6 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, May 6 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 7 at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 7 at 7 p.m.
Tickets for Kinky Boots start at $38.50, plus applicable fees. Tickets can be purchased at our box office from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, by calling (904) 442-2929, or online 24/7 at www.fscjartistseries.org.
A beautiful, Jacksonville sunset to make the night even better! If you ever find yourself in Jacksonville, head downtown, to the Riverwalk. You'll not only see the skyline to our great city, you'll see sunsets that will take your breath away.
