KINKY BOOTS will play Off-Broadway summer 2022

https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/kinky-boots-will-return-to-new-york-for-off-broadw_93616.html

Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots will return this summer for an off-Broadway run at Stage 42, beginning performances July 26 and opening on August 25.

Jerry Mitchell will return to direct and choreograph the production, for which casting and additional information has not yet been announced.

I didn’t see that coming - amazing!!! I saw it back in 2014 at the Hirschfeld and it was a lot of fun!

jacobsnchz14 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "I didn’t see that coming - amazing!!! I saw it back in 2014 at the Hirschfeld and it was a lot of fun!"

Who played your Charlie and Lola? Was the OBC still there at the time?"

I saw Andy Kelso and Timothy Ware (u/s for Billy Porter). My Lauren was Jeanna de Waal, and my Nicola was Cortney Wolfson.

I also just remembered I saw Abby Mueller on as an understudy for Trish, and I think there was an understudy on for Mr. Price as well.

Updated On: 4/7/22 at 09:28 AM

EDSOSLO858 said: "Has anyone realized yet this was announced on the 3-year anniversary ofKinky Boots's Broadway closing night?"

yepp. Was just thinking about how much I miss the show and was confused why I got a notification that KB posted on Instagram . I saw it 4 times in it's last year and it's sooo amazing .



Anybody know if this is open ended or limited ?

Didn’t expect this. Will be interesting to see if this can find an off-bway audience at the possibly-cursed Stage 42.

We should assume this is an open ended run because it’s still going to be quite costly to put up, even if they’re repurposing sets/costumes from the tours.

After the producers flubbed the closing by over estimating the demand, is there really enough demand to sustain an Off-BWay run?

I understand from cost standpoint the Broadway production had a unit set, which should be easily translatable to an off-bway theater. Add to that most of the ensemble is superfluous and can easily be cut down from 16 to 10, with 6 factory workers and 4 "Angels" from 10 workers and 6 "Angels", with very little impact on the story telling. Then also make Nicola double cast as an ensemble track and/or Lauren understudy, since the role was so severely truncated between its out of town tryout and Broadway. It really doesn't make financial sense to pay an actor a principal rate, for having less stage time and character presence than Harry, who is has leads half of a song and is considered an ensemble track.

I wonder what other changes will be made to the production though?

ACL2006 said: "Definitely will be scaled down. More or less what should be expected for any regional theaters about to do the show."

I'm hazy on the dates for when this was coming to regional houses. I thought it odd that it was announced that the show would be available for licensing while a regional production was already being performed in Indianapolis.

When shows like JERSEY BOYS and AVE Q and PLAY THAT GOES WRONG have moved Off-Broadway, do we have an idea of what percentage of tickets are sold day-of by the TKTS flyering teams? Those shows are constantly being hawked every time I'm near the booth, and it may be that there's a business model wherein a majority of seats can be sold at half-off and still break even. And most of the ticketbuyers don't know the difference between Off-bway and Bway.

I have to admire the hustle of those teams and the marketing to tourists –– which is wholly different than marketing a new show.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "When shows like JERSEY BOYS and AVE Q and PLAY THAT GOES WRONG have moved Off-Broadway, do we have an idea of what percentage of tickets are sold day-of by the TKTS flyering teams? Those shows are constantly being hawked every time I'm near the booth, and it may be that there's a business model wherein a majority of seats can be sold at half-off and still break even. And most of the ticketbuyers don't know the difference between Off-bway and Bway.

I have to admire the hustle of those teams and the marketing to tourists –– which is wholly different than marketing a new show."

No clue, but Rock of Ages has clearly proven that a "big" Broadway show can still make some coin off-Broadway. I think it's a smart move.

I really thought that by the end of the run this show had lost its teeth. The stunt casting had gotten ridiculous (to the point where some performers couldn't even handle the score) and the Angels were clearly exhausted and marking their choreography. The tour performance that I saw suffered the same fate-low energy.

I'd love to see this work, but I don't have high hopes. Tourists might flock to it.

I wonder if they installed the change in the finale from the Hollywood Bowl: “Ladies, gentlemen, they, them, those, and YOU…”

They also edited out the young Charlie and Lola parts for the new space.

Does anyone know if they're offering any sort of rush policy? Despite the sale on TodayTix I expected this to show up on tdf which it hasn't (yet) and prices are a bit higher than what I've been expecting