Kinky Boots (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (7,548)
See it if You love smiling
Don't see it if You're racist or homophobic ... Wait actually you need to see this the most!
See it if It was a fabulous show FUN
Don't see it if no reason not to see it
See it if If you love great music and a great book and a terrifically moving story and a stage version even better than the movie...and great singing.
Don't see it if You are are transgender-phobic--although as they sing in this musical "when you change your mind you change the world. So change it!
See it if you love unique stories, glamorous costumes, & Cindy Lauper's music. Beautiful story woven with heart-warming fun!
Don't see it if you don't like drag queens. Also, this is good, plain fun. Don't go looking for Sondheim here, because you won't find it.
See it if I've seen it twice. Found it uplifting and funny both times. Lola steals the show. One of the best finales.
Don't see it if You don't like dancing in your seat!
See it if You are ready to be blown away. So good! Such an empowering message with great music!
Don't see it if you are incapable of changing your mind.
See it if you want a good, fun, broadway show that touches on alot of interesting themes relevant in today's world
Don't see it if you're afraid of transvestites and harbor other insecurities and phobias
See it if you like relatable characters and a strong story line. Also, a fun pop score
Don't see it if I got nothing...This show really has something for everybody
Critic Reviews (29)
"The love stories, as it happens, are among the few disappointing bits in Boots, which has been given tuneful songs by Cyndi Lauper, in her Broadway-composer debut, and infectious direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell...The audience, which gets a rousing Mamma Mia!-like finale, goes home happy."
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"At last a new musical I can wholeheartedly recommend!...Director-Choreographer Jerry Mitchell keeps the story flowing without too many wayward passages... a winning musical to celebrate and applaud."
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"There’s no use putting up a fight with “Kinky Boots.” This is the feel-good musical of the season. Yes, Harvey Fierstein’s funny book is a bit too bald, Cyndi Lauper’s catchy songs are more lyrically repetitive than they should be, and director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell slights character and story in favor of splashy production numbers. Still, the damn thing works."
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"'Kinky Boots' is the kind of musical that seeing it once is not enough. The music, the storyline, the humor, the stage excitement makes this a very, very special theatrical experience. The touring production of the show is as good as the Broadway show. This is one staging that deserves a standing ovation, not just the automatic polite Cleveland one, but a real, well-deserved one. Bravo!"
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"Dissertations will surely be written about how, in the three decades since "La Cage aux Folles," drag-queen musicals became their own feel-good genre on Broadway. Filling the niche with cheer and fine craftsmanship now is "Kinky Boots.""
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