Kinky Boots recoups its $13.5 million capitalization

The musical comedy Kinky Boots, winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Musical, has recouped its 13.5 million investment in just 30 weeks.

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig said,

We're so happy that audiences have embraced Kinky Boots in such an overwhelming way. We're proud that this show offers people such great joy, Tony Award-winning talent, and financial success, and it's exciting to be able to make this announcement in such a remarkably short time.

Kinky Boots, featuring a book by Tony Award-winner (La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning Cyndi Lauper, opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on 04 Apr 2013, following previews from 03 Mar 2013, where it is currently selling tickets through to 06 Apr 2014.

The musical opened to mixed, but mostly good reviews: You are smothered in a good time (newyorktheatreguide.com); A shameless emotional button pusher (NY Times); A high time (NY Daily News); Blissfully entertaining (NY1).

In Kinky Boots, Charlie Price (Sands) is forced to step in and save his family's shoe factory in Northern England following the sudden death of his father. Help comes from the unlikeliest angel, a fabulous drag performer named Lola (Porter). Together, this improbable duo revitalizes the failing business, while stepping out from their fathers' shadows and transforming an entire community through the power of acceptance.

Kinky Boots is based on the 2005 British comedy movie of the same name, written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth.

Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell (La Cage aux Folles), the musical stars Stark Sands 'Charlie Price' and Billy Porter in his Tony-Award winning role as 'Lola.'

The duo lead a cast of thirty-two that also includes Annaleigh Ashford, Celina Carvajal, Daniel Sherman, Marcus Neville, Paul Canaan, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Kyle Taylor Parker, Kyle Post, Charlie Sutton, Joey Taranto, Andy Kelso, Tory Ross, Jen Perry, Josh Caggiano, Aaron Bantum, Adinah Alexander, Eric Anderson, Eugene Barry-Hil, Stephen Berge, Caroline Bowman, Sandra DeNise, Eric Leviton, Ellyn Marie Marsh, John Jeffrey Martin, Nathan Peck, Robert Pendilla, Lucia Spina, Sebastian Hedges Thomas, Marquise Neal and Clifton Oliver

The production was nominated for a total of 13 Tony Awards, of which it won six: Best Musical, Best Original Score (Cyndi Lauper), Best Choreography (Jerry Mitchell), Best Orchestrations (Stephen Oremus); and Best Sound Design (John Shivers).

The musical is being produced by Daryl Roth and Hal Luftigm and features sets by David Rockwell, costumes by Gregg Barnes, lighting by Kenneth Posner and sound by John Shivers (Sound Design).