Kinky Boots: The Musical, dir. Jerry Mitchell & Brett Sullivan, 2019, UK, 126m • WORLD PREMIÈRE 💖
Saturday, June 22, 4:00 pm, Castro Theatre
in broader release Tuesday, June 25, 2019 and Saturday, June 29, 2019
I’ve never seen the play (haven’t been to London since before there was an Eye, an Egg, or a Shard) nor the original film, but this production was flawless and the play hilarious, but with some real humanity behind the humour. If you have a choice between a live West End performance or this filmed version, of course go for the real thing, but if you can’t make it to the Adelphi Theatre, by all means this is a MUST SEE.
Saturday, June 22, 4:00 pm, Castro Theatre
in broader release Tuesday, June 25, 2019 and Saturday, June 29, 2019
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| Kinky Boots: the Musical (almost) Live from London |
This screening was a new format for Frameline: a stage production of a Broadway/West End musical, live-captured in HD, and this screening was also the world première of this particular work. Kinky Boots was first a movie, released in 2005, and then in 2012 a musical play. The basic plot: Charlie Price is a fourth-generation shoemaker who has just inherited the family business, Price & Son, a shoe factory started in the 19th century. The business is struggling in the 21st century, ruthlessly undercut by foreign competition, so Charlie needs a miracle to keep the business afloat. His hail-Mary play is to produce thigh-high stiletto-heeled boots for drag queens, beautiful and fashionable enough to be on stage and yet also sturdy enough for a grown man.
I’ve never seen the play (haven’t been to London since before there was an Eye, an Egg, or a Shard) nor the original film, but this production was flawless and the play hilarious, but with some real humanity behind the humour. If you have a choice between a live West End performance or this filmed version, of course go for the real thing, but if you can’t make it to the Adelphi Theatre, by all means this is a MUST SEE.
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