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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