The seating areas are truly expansive, with 2645 total seats and 1303 in the balcony alone. These days, the majority of the space’s annual 200-plus-show calendar is filled by the Boston Ballet and touring musical theater productions hosted by Broadway in Boston (shows have included Book of Mormon, Phantom of the Opera, Lion King, Motown the Musical, Newsies, Kinky Boots and more). Keith Memorial Theater, the Boston Opera House has hosted scores of classic productions over its 86-year history and saw a massive $50 million renovation in 2004.
The overall effect is nigh irresistible if you’ve been low about this season’s musicals, Kinky Boots may be just the thing to get you back on your feet.įollow Adam Feldman on Twitter: Most stylish New Yorkers: Cyndi LauperĢ013 Tony Award nominee.Located in the heart of the city’s theater district, the historic Boston Opera House is known as one of New England’s most architecturally and aesthetically impressive theaters. Porter brings tough sass, wounded dignity and husky vocal authority to a part he has seemingly been training all his life to play and as Charlie’s lovelorn underling, the sweetly tart Annaleigh Ashford-she of the perfectly timed comic take-adds another stolen show to her rap sheet. As each act progresses, the energy rises palpably, boosted by a heart-strong cast. Lauper is a musical-theater natural, combining bright, infectious melodies with simple but effective lyrics. Yet the musical holds up for the same reason Price & Son’s products do: solid craftsmanship and care. (Gay style and consumer dollars to the rescue! The shoe must go on!) Directed with verve by Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots feels familiar at every step, down to its messages about individuality, community, pride and acceptance it could have been cobbled together from parts of The Full Monty, Billy Elliot and Fierstein’s La Cage aux Folles, and it culminates in a feel-good finale so similar to Hairspray’s (which Mitchell choreographed) that it might as well be called “You Can’t Stop the Boot.” Hope arrives in the unlikely form of Lola (Porter), a self-possessed drag queen with ideas for a niche product line: knee-high, skin-tight, stiletto-heeled sheaths of ostentatious color, strong enough for a man who’s made up like a woman. Adapted from a 2005 English indie film, Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper’s fizzy pop tuner tells of Charlie (the capable Sands) and his Northampton footwear factory, Price & Son-a family business in danger of closing down. The kicky crowd-pleaser Kinky Boots is the very model of a modern major musical. With Stark Sands, Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford.
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