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KINKY BOOTS RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO OF “NOT MY FATHER’S SON”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE

 “KINKY BOOTS”

RELEASES ALL NEW MUSIC VIDEO  

OF “NOT MY FATHER’S SON”

RE-IMAGINED AND DIRECTED BY

CYNDI LAUPER

FEATURING LAUPER WITH

ORIGINAL AND CURRENT STARS

BILLY PORTER & STARK SANDS

 New York, NY (Friday, November 3, 2017) – Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig have released an all new, poignant music video for “Not My Father’s Son,” the heartbreaking and inspiring song from the smash hit, Tony Award-winning musical, Kinky Boots. The original video is conceived and directed by the show’s Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning composer, Cyndi Lauper — who also makes a special appearance herself on guitar, and stars Tony Award winner Billy Porter and Tony Award nominee Stark Sands.  Porter and Sands are currently starring in the roles they originated.  They returned to the show on September 26 for a limited 15-week engagement through January 7, 2018.

To watch (or embed) the full music video, click here:

https://youtu.be/q6Ups_EU-wE

To download via iTunes, Spotify, etc., click here:

http://knkybts.co/2ysAQE8

Lauper re-imagined the song, producing and arranging a new, acoustic version of the track, released today by Sony Masterworks Broadway.

The music video visualizes one of the most important songs from the hit show – telling the story of two very different people from wildly different backgrounds who find common ground through their shared trauma. Exploring the pressure of growing up with a parent’s very narrow expectations, the song celebrates finding peace in your own skin. The video, shot in stark black and white on New York City streets, only leaps into color as the two men, who are on a physical as well as metaphorical journey, are reunited in their safe space.

Lauper said in a statement, “Now felt like the right time to do this. I wanted to tell the story of two totally different men, from different walks of life, that come together to realize that it’s our differences that should bring us together. That’s inspiring. And I think we could all use some of that these days… It’s also a great way to welcome Billy and Stark back to Broadway!”

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The winner of six 2013 Tony® Awards, including Best Musical, Kinky Boots features a Tony® Award-winning score by Cyndi Lauper, a book by Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and direction and choreography by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell. Kinky Boots tells the uplifting and heartwarming tale of Charlie Price, a young man reluctantly taking over his family’s struggling shoe factory and looking for a fresh idea. Charlie meets and finds inspiration in Lola and together, they discover that it takes a good friend to make a great pair.

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 fifth year, an Olivier Award-winning production in London, an Australian production that opened in October 2016 and an upcoming production in Germany. Other previous productions include a National Tour that played more than US 80 cities, an Award-winning, extended run in Toronto, two productions in Korea, and a Japanese language production. The Grammy Award-winning Original Broadway Cast Recording of Kinky Boots is available on Sony Masterworks Broadway.

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