“Kinky Boots” Celebrates Father’s Day with Never-Before-Heard Demo By Cyndi Lauper
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
“K I N K Y B O O T S”
CELEBRATES FATHER’S DAY
WITH NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD DEMO BY
CYNDI LAUPER
HEAR THE TONY & GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING
COMPOSER SING
“NOT MY FATHER’S SON”
New York, NY (June 19, 2015)– To celebrate Father’s Day this weekend, Kinky Boots producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig have released a never-before-heard original demo by the show’s Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Cyndi Lauper. The track, which features Lauper singing “Not My Father’s Son,” was recorded in 2009 and was among the first songs to be penned for the now Tony Award-winning musical.
“At its heart, Kinky Boots is about father/son relationships and the effects (both good and bad) our parents have on us. It’s a subject we can all relate to. Truthfully, do any of us ever outgrow wanting our fathers’ approval?” the show’s writer, Harvey Fierstein said.
“Writing ‘Not My Father’s Son’ was particularly personal for me, since I’ve witnessed my own son’s relationship with his dad over the years,” Lauper chimed in. “Watching their interaction definitely provided a lot of inspiration for this song.”
To listen to Lauper’s version of “Not My Father’s Son” (normally performed by the characters of Lola and Charlie in the show’s first act), visit http://knkybts.co/1KT3BrP.
Kinky Boots tells the uplifting and heartwarming tale of Charlie Price, a young man reluctantly taking over his family’s struggling business. Charlie meets and finds inspiration in Lola and together, the 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 winner of six 2013 Tony® Awards, including Best Musical, Kinky Boots features a Tony® Award-winning score Lauper, a book by Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, and direction and choreography by Tony® Award-winner Jerry Mitchell.
The current Broadway cast of Kinky Boots includes Tony® Award-winner Billy Porter, Andy Kelso, Jeanna de Waal, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Cortney Wolfson, Marcus Neville, Nick Rashad Burroughs, Paul Canaan, Sean Patrick Doyle, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Kyle Post, Joey Taranto, Adinah Alexander, Douglas Baldeo, Eugene Barry-Hill, Stephen Berger, Alfred DalPino, Anna Eilinsfeld, Mia Gentile, Natalie Joy Johnson, Jake Katzman, Eric Leviton, Ellyn Marie Marsh, John Jeffrey Martin, Graham Montgomery, Abby Mueller, Jake Odmark, Nathan Peck, Robert Pendilla, Jennifer Perry, Stephen Tewksbury, Jeremy T. Villas, and Timothy Ware.
Now in its third smash year, Kinky Boots is also currently touring the country on its First National Tour, and will open productions in Toronto this month and in London in September 2015. The Grammy Award-winning Original Broadway Cast Recording of Kinky Boots is available on Sony Masterworks Broadway.
The design 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), Brian Usifer (Musical Direction), with Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Tony and Grammy Award-winner Stephen Oremus.
Tickets for Kinky Boots ($55 – $167) 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.
The summer performance schedule for Kinky Boots is as follows: Monday at 8pm, Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday at 2pm and 8pm, Thursday at 8pm, Friday at 8pm, and Saturday at 2pm and 8pm. (see KinkyBootsTheMusical.com for variations). There is a general ticket lottery each day; lottery entries will be accepted outside the Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office (302 West 45th Street) beginning two and a half hours prior to each performance, and names will be drawn at random, for a limited number of $37 tickets, two hours before curtain time. See KinkyBootsTheMusical.com for details and restrictions.
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.
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