Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
#1Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 1:33pm
Guess its not closing!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Scissor-Sisters-and-Pentatonix-Members-Jake-Shears-and-Kirstin-Maldonado-Will-Join-KINKY-BOOTS-on-Broadway-20171109
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#2Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 1:38pm
Okay, then...
#3Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 1:39pmKinky Boots knows how to stunt cast.
#4Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 1:40pmHuh. That’s... odd casting.
BroadwayBeebe
Featured Actor Joined: 2/10/16
#5Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 1:40pmI love Ghee as Lola, but it would have been nice to see the original cast members close the show. I’m glad it lives on for everyone involved, but I hope they get to close it when that day does come.
raddersons
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#6Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:23pm
Oh god, I really love Scissor Sisters. But is it worth sitting through Kinky Boots again?
#7Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:32pm
I'm mildly surprised that Shears isn't using his real name (didn't he with Tales of the City, as writer?).
#8Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:38pm
Jake Shears does have a terrific voice but this is odd casting.
#9Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:39pmI’m sure the idea was to close out the show with Billy and Stark, but I bet Brendon Urie made them enough money to run for much longer. Good for Kinky! Also, I’m excited to see a woman of color play Lauren.
brian1973
Leading Actor Joined: 2/1/14
#10Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:55pm
Very odd that he’s doing this. He is about to release new music isn’t he?
Plus he’s just wrong for the role...not that seems to matter much these days I guess.
#11Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 4:02pm
Well that will be one very camp Charlie--no doubt about his sexuality now.
#12Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 5:19pm
SweetLips said: "Well that will be one very camp Charlie--no doubt about his sexuality now."
Possible understatement. This is the only video I've seen with Jake Shears. I'm sure he's a talented person, but him as Charlie Price?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGCD4xb-Tr8
#13Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 5:23pm
Hm, I'm just spit balling here, but maybe, just maybe, Shears will act to reflect the given circumstances of the character.
#14Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 5:49pm
^^^THIS^^^
#15Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 7:09pm
They're only there for 3 months, so it's not a long run for either of them. This has been in the works for a while, but I wonder if they're looking to bring in another name for the summer or just close the show in April?
#16Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 7:31pmOh Kad, I love you.
#17Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 8:37pm
I saw Shears in "Bent" in LA a couple of years back - truly phenomenal!
#18Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 9:04pm
I agree with Cinders. Shears was stunning in Bent.
#19Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 9:19pm
I was going to say the same about Shears and Bent.
If you saw him in that, I don't think you'd find this odd casting at all. It's called "acting".
#20Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 9:47pm
Jake has said in interviews before he's quite a stiff actor, offering that as the reason he didn't intend on going into acting.
Very likely he has studied and perhaps improved. I mention the comment only to not it may not be that strange of casting, actually, If he's a bit stiff, that would work well with the part.
#21Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 10:21pm
I guess I'll eat my hat, because I really thought they were going to close the show with Stark and Billy. Personally, I still think they should've done it that way. But it'll be great for Jake to make his Broadway debut. It'll be good choice - all the Scissor Sisters fans, who were young when they first came out but now middle-aged with discretionary income, to spend the night out with a rock star they loved back then.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#22Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 10:31pm
Hmm I saw Stark Sands and Billy Porter in this recently and they were phenomenal. Hard to imagine anyone else besides Billy Porter being Lola.
#23Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 11:19pm
poisonivy2 said: "Hmm I saw Stark Sands and Billy Porter in this recently and they were phenomenal. Hard to imagine anyone else besides Billy Porter being Lola."
I have seen Kinky Boots four times now, twice with Porter and once with Ghee (can't remember who it was the fourth time) and I have to say - Ghee is by far the best Lola I have seen. He has a phenomenal voice, and is also a very glamorous drag queen offstage so the role feels more natural for him than anyone else.
I had a major crush on Jake Shears, he was one of my absolute favorite gay idols growing up so I'd definitely try to catch the show with him if time/circumstances permit.
#24Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/17 at 11:30pm
How old IS Jake Shears ?[yes I could look it up but..] There's mention here of 'growing up with' ,audience now 'middle age'.
I though Scissor Sisters were somehow new[ish]--Kylie loves Jake--but obviously they have been around for yonks[and Jake has a great surgeon].
#25Breaking: Scissor Sisters and Pentatonix Members Jake Shears and Kirstin Maldonado Will Join KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
Posted: 11/10/17 at 12:13am
Kee-ryst people! Jake Shears is 4 days younger than Stark Sands.
Is it too much trouble to save all the bitchery until after he debuts?
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