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Step One! Kyle Taylor Parker & Steven Booth Will Star in the National Tour of Kinky Boots

June 16th, 2014 | By Ryan Gilbert


Everybody say yeah! Kyle Taylor Parker and Steven Booth have been cast as Simon/Lola and Charlie Price, respectively, in the first national tour of Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper's Tony-winning Kinky Boots. The high-heeled and fabulous show is set to begin performances September 4 in Las Vegas before continuing to cities across the country. Additional casting will be announced soon.

Parker, who performed as one of the Angels and as the Lola understudy in the Broadway company of the show, and Booth (Avenue Q, Glory Days, Dogfight) will be joined by Lindsay Nicole Chambers (Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Lysistrata Jones) as Lauren, Joe Coots (TV's Inside Amy Schumer, The Full Monty national tour) as Don, Craig Waletzko (Guys & Dolls, Young Frankenstein) as George and Grace Stockdale in her touring debut as Nicola.

Other casting includes Darius Harper, Ricky Schroeder, Juan Torres-Falcon, Hernando Umana, Damien Brett, Stephen Carrasco, Lauren Chapman, Amelia Cormack, J. Harrison Ghee, Blair Goldberg, Crystal Kellogg, Ross Lekites, Patty Lohr, Mike Longo, David McDonald, Bonnie Milligan, Horace Rogers, Anne Tolpegin and Sam Zeller.

Directed and choreographed by Tony winner Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots opened on Broadway on April 4, 2013 and continues to play at the Hirschfeld Theatre. The musical took home six 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score (Lauper), Best Choreography (Mitchell), Best Orchestrations and Best Sound Design.

In Kinky Boots, Charlie Price (Booth) has reluctantly inherited his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father's legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola (Parker). A fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos, Lola turns out to be the one person who can help Charlie become the man he's meant to be. As they work to turn the factory around, this 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 design team for Kinky Boots includes scenic design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by John Shivers and orchestrations by Stephen Oremus.

 

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