Kinky Boots

musical

Written by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last updated

July 21, 2026

Quick Summary

Kinky Boots is a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein, and music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2013. The musical is based on the 2005 film of the same name, which was inspired by a true story. The story follows Charlie Price, who inherits his father's struggling shoe factory. To save the business, he partners with Lola, a drag queen, to produce a line of sturdy stilettos. The musical explores themes of acceptance, friendship, and overcoming prejudice.12

Summary created from Britannica articles using AI. AI can make mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles.

2 Britannica Sources

Ask Britannica AI about this topic

Britannica doesn't have a full article on this topic, so we've curated a list of our relevant coverage.

Harvey Fierstein
…Newsies, the Musical (2011); and Kinky Boots (2012). All three works were based on films. Fierstein also wrote and produced Casa Valentina (2014), a play based on the true story of a group of heterosexual married men in the early 1960s who met on the weekends at a rundown resort…
Read More
…Newsies, the Musical (2011); and Kinky Boots (2012). All three works were based on films. Fierstein also wrote and produced Casa Valentina (2014), a play based on the true story of a group of heterosexual married men in the early 1960s who met on the weekends at a rundown resort…
Read More

Cyndi Lauper
Broadway musicals
…score for the Broadway play Kinky Boots, which was based on a 2005 British movie of the same name. It tells the story of a man who inherits his father’s shoe factory as it is on the brink of going out of business but finds salvation for the business and…
Read More
…score for the Broadway play Kinky Boots, which was based on a 2005 British movie of the same name. It tells the story of a man who inherits his father’s shoe factory as it is on the brink of going out of business but finds salvation for the business and…
Read More