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Kinky Boots

Kinky Boots is Broadway’s huge-hearted, high-heeled hit! With songs by Grammy- and Tony- winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this joyous musical celebration is about the friendships we discover, and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind. Inspired by true events, Kinky Boots takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie Price is struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and continue the family business of Price & Son. With the factory’s future hanging in the balance, help arrives in the unlikely but spectacular form of Lola, a fabulous performer in need of some sturdy new stilettos. With direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blonde, Hairspray) and a book by Broadway legend and four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (LaCage Aux Folles), Kinky Boots is the winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Choreography. Take a step in the right direction and discover that sometimes the best way to fit in is to stand out. “There is no show hotter than Kinky Boots!” – CBS News

6:40 Series Talk – 6:40 PM – Studio Theatre

Join us for an inspiring talk about the musical Kinky Boots with the Rev. Dr. Grace -Burton-Edwards, rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Columbus!

Title: “Everybody Say Yeah” – What Kinky Boots Can Teach Us All
Kinky Boots is a good example of “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” The title comes from the true story of an English shoe factory that started making women’s shoes for transgender men. A BBC documentary called it “The Kinky Boot Factory” and the name stuck. But this show is more than shoes and drag queens. It is about relationships, forgiveness, acceptance, and overcoming our fear of difference – good things for all of us stand on!
The Rev. Dr. Grace Burton-Edwards was ordained as an American Baptist pastor in 1994 and as an Episcopal priest in 2007. She has served as a youth minister, music minister, interim pastor, school chaplain, ministry developer, church consultant, and global missions advocate, but her favorite ministry so far is Rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Columbus where she has served since 2014. She is an avid theatre fan and saw this show once in New York and twice in London. She hopes fans in Columbus will enjoy it and learn as much from it as she has.

PARKING

Free parking is available in the RiverCenter Parking Garage which is located directly across the street from the RiverCenter on Broadway. The parking garage has a total of 685 spaces with 13 handicap accessible spaces. Additional street parking is available around the block of the RiverCenter. There are 8 handicap accessible spaces on Broadway and a total of 62 parking spaces around the RiverCenter

ACCESSIBILITY

RiverCenter is fully ADA compliant. If you have special needs or need wheelchair accessible seating, please contact the box office to reserve seating and assistance in advance.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES & CAMERA POLICY

The photographing or sound recording of any Hall-sponsored performance, or the possession of any such photographic or recording equipment inside this theater, without prior permission, is prohibited.

AGE RESTRICTIONS

Kinky boots contains some adult humor that may not be suitable for all ages.

DETAILS:
Date:
June 4, 2019
Time:
7:30pm

June 4, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

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