Cyndi Lauper’s Kinky Boots Review - Royal Alexandra
Located at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Kinky Boots, directed by Jerry Mitchell, is a show that will make you want to get out of your seat and dance. Music and lyrics written by Cyndi Lauper and the book was written by Harvey Fierstein. There were many hidden messages in this performance, and it had a mixture of themes such as romance, and comedy and there were some surprising emotional parts.
Kinky Boots is about a boy named Charlie Price, (Graham Scott Fleming) owner of Price and Son shoe factory after the passing of his father. His factory starts to go out of business, and Charlie and his employees aren’t making enough money. After accidentally meeting a drag queen, Lola, (Kyle Taylor Parker) Charlie comes up with an amazing plan to start making and selling boots for crossdressers. Lola, alongside with her chorus of drag queens, (Alex DeLeo, Dan Domenech, David Lopez, Stewart Adam McKensy, Geoff Stevens, and Jesse Weafer) design the boots for Charlie and his employees to make. One of the factory workers, Lauren, (AJ Bridel) starts crushing on Charlie, but Charlie is engaged so she knows she can’t try to be with him, but that puts her in an insane state of mind. Lola challenges another factory worker, Don, (Daniel Williston) to find what being a man is truly about, when Don is unaccepting and making fun of Lola for being who she is. Lola tells Don that being a man consists of accepting a person for who they are, and you’re not a man until you have done that. …show more content…
All the performers had a part in making the show amazing. The audience felt in all the emotions they felt or portrayed. There were lots of funny parts to the show, and the actors made it clear when it was supposed to be funny or serious. When there were more serious, or upsetting scenes, the actors did an amazing job of changing their emotions quickly since the show has many ups and
Located at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Kinky Boots, directed by Jerry Mitchell, is a show that will make you want to get out of your seat and dance. Music and lyrics written by Cyndi Lauper and the book was written by Harvey Fierstein. There were many hidden messages in this performance, and it had a mixture of themes such as romance, and comedy and there were some surprising emotional parts.
Kinky Boots is about a boy named Charlie Price, (Graham Scott Fleming) owner of Price and Son shoe factory after the passing of his father. His factory starts to go out of business, and Charlie and his employees aren’t making enough money. After accidentally meeting a drag queen, Lola, (Kyle Taylor Parker) Charlie comes up with an amazing plan to start making and selling boots for crossdressers. Lola, alongside with her chorus of drag queens, (Alex DeLeo, Dan Domenech, David Lopez, Stewart Adam McKensy, Geoff Stevens, and Jesse Weafer) design the boots for Charlie and his employees to make. One of the factory workers, Lauren, (AJ Bridel) starts crushing on Charlie, but Charlie is engaged so she knows she can’t try to be with him, but that puts her in an insane state of mind. Lola challenges another factory worker, Don, (Daniel Williston) to find what being a man is truly about, when Don is unaccepting and making fun of Lola for being who she is. Lola tells Don that being a man consists of accepting a person for who they are, and you’re not a man until you have done that. …show more content…
All the performers had a part in making the show amazing. The audience felt in all the emotions they felt or portrayed. There were lots of funny parts to the show, and the actors made it clear when it was supposed to be funny or serious. When there were more serious, or upsetting scenes, the actors did an amazing job of changing their emotions quickly since the show has many ups and