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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE

BROADWAY PREMIERE OF
HARVEY FIERSTEIN & CYNDI LAUPER’S
HOTLY ANTICIPATED NEW MUSICAL
“K I N K Y   B O O T S”
ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE PLAYBILL.COM ONLINE PRE-SALE
BEGINNING OCTOBER 29 – NOVEMBER 11

GENERAL TICKETS ON SALE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19

New York, NY (10/26/2012) – Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that tickets for Kinky Boots, the hotly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book), Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Music & Lyrics) and Tony® Award-winner Jerry Mitchell (Direction and Choreography), will be available through an exclusive online presale with Playbill.com beginning Monday, October 29, through Sunday, November 11.  Tickets will go on-sale to the general public beginning Monday, November 19 via Telecharge.com. Kinky Boots, currently making its World Premiere at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre (through November 4), will begin preview performances on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on Sunday, March 3, 2013, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 4, 2013. 

Tickets for this first ever Playbill.com Broadway pre-sale can be purchased by visiting www.Playbill.com/KinkyBoots, or by calling 212-239-6200.  Audience Rewards members will then have early access to great seats from November 12 through November 18 by visiting www.AudienceRewards.com before tickets go on sale to the general public on November 19 via www.Telecharge.com or calling 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.

In Kinky Boots, Charlie Price (Sands) has suddenly 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 (Porter). 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.

Inspired by a true story and based on the film, Kinky Boots features a warm and witty book by Mr. Fierstein (La Cage, Torch Song Trilogy, Newsies) and a richly diverse musical score from Ms. Lauper, in her stunning theatrical debut. Mr. Mitchell (Hairspray, La Cage, Broadway Bares) has crafted a production bound to move, inspire and set audience's feet dancing.

As previously announced, Tony® Award nominee Stark Sands (Journey’s End; American Idiot) and Billy Porter (Angels in America; Smokey Joe’s Café) lead a cast of thirty-two that also includes Annaleigh Ashford (Rent; Legally Blonde), Celina Carvajal (The Toxic Avenger), Daniel Stewart Sherman (Desire Under the Elms), Marcus Neville (The Full Monty), Paul Canaan (Legally Blonde), Kevin Smith Kirkwood (How to Save the World…), Kyle Taylor Parker (In the Heights National Tour), Kyle Post (Rent), Charlie Sutton (How To Succeed…), Joey Taranto (Rock of Ages), Andy Kelso (Mamma Mia), Tory Ross (Cry-Baby), Jennifer Perry (Mamma Mia), Josh Caggiano (Les Miserables), Marquise Neal, Adinah Alexander (The Wedding Singer), Eric Anderson (South Pacific), Eugene Barry-Hill (The Lion King), Stephen Berger (The Pajama Game), Caroline Bowman (Wicked), Sandra DeNise (Shrek the Musical National Tour), Eric Leviton (Seussical National Tour), Ellyn Marie Marsh (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), John Jeffrey Martin (Hairspray), Nathan Peck (La Cage aux Folles), Robert Pendilla (Wicked), Lucia Spina (South Pacific), Sebastian Hedges Thomas (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), John Ernest Adams and Clifton Oliver (In the Heights).

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), Drama Desk Award nominee John Shivers (Sound Design), Josh Marquette (Hair Design), Randy Houston Mercer (Make-up Design), Telsey + Company (Casting), with Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Tony® and Grammy Award-winner Stephen Oremus (The Book of Mormon; Wicked).

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