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BROOKLYN’S OWN
H A R V E Y   F I E R S T E I N
RECEIVES
THE BROOKLYN DINER TIMES SQUARE’S
HIGHEST HONOR

15-BITE BROOKLYN DINER “ALL BEEF” HOT DOG
RENAMED FOR  TONY® NOMINATED KINKY BOOTS SCRIBE
ON THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FIRST TONY® AWARDS
IN SPECIAL CEREMONY

New York, NY (5/23/2013) – In a special ceremony at Brooklyn Diner yesterday, the famed Times Square eatery dedicated its giant 15-Bite “All Beef” Hot Dog to Harvey Fierstein, the Brooklyn-born Tony® Nominated book writer of the smash hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots.  The occasion marked the 30th Anniversary of his first Tony® Award nominations and wins for his play Torch Song Trilogy, and also celebrated the thirteen 2013 Tony® Award Nominations that Kinky Boots has garnered. 

During the curtain call of yesterday’s matinee performance of Kinky Boots, Mr. Fierstein announced to the audience that they were all invited to follow him through Times Square to the Brooklyn Diner where they would be giving away hundreds of their 15-Bite Brooklyn Diner “All Beef” Hot Dogs, as they officially were renamed “15-Bite ‘All Beef’ Harvey Hot Dogs.”  About 200 audience members joined Mr. Fierstein in the impromptu procession from the Al Hirschfeld Theatre through the country’s busiest intersection to the Brooklyn Diner Times Square, where the restaurant’s manager Chris McCormack officially dedicated the hot dog to Mr. Fierstein in front of a giant banner that read, “Brooklyn <3 Harvey.”

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Kinky Boots is the new smash hit musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Music & Lyrics).  Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots began performances on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street), and opened on Thursday, April 4, 2013. 

Kinky Boots has been nominated for thirteen 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, making it the most Tony-nominated show of the season!  Already, the Outer Critics Circle and Drama League have named it Best Musical, and it won the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite New Musical, among many other accolades.

Kinky Boots is produced on Broadway 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.

Tickets for Kinky Boots ($57 – $137) are available for purchase in person at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office (Monday – Saturday, 10am – 8pm; Sunday, 12pm – 6 pm), online at www.telecharge.com, or by calling Telecharge at 800-432-7250 or 212-239-6200. For information on group sales, contact Group Sales Box Office/Broadway.com at groups@broadway.com or 1-800-BROADWAY, ext 2.  General rush tickets are available at the box office when it opens (Tuesday – Saturday at 10am, Sunday at 12pm) on the day of the performance, no student ID required. Maximum two tickets per person. Price: $37.00 ($35 + $2 facility fee).

The performance schedule for Kinky Boots is as follows: Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday at 2pm and 8pm, Thursday at 7pm, Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm.

Kinky Boots had its World Premiere at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre (18 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL), where it opened on October 17, 2012 and quickly became an audience and critics’ favorite.

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