Poster for the Japanese production of Kinky Boots
date: label: date made
content: around 2016
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Poster for the 2016 Tokyo production of the musical Kinky Boots. The poster features an image of two men crouching beneath the spread legs of someone wearing a pair of red leather boots. Below, an image of the eponymous sparkly red boots, forming the "K" of the title of the play, is printed alongside information about the play.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Kinky Boots is one of the most popular and acclaimed musicals of the 21st century, having won a season-high six Tony Awards of 13 nominations in 2013 including Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Choreography. The musical Kinky Boots was an adaptation of from the 2005 British film of the same name, itself an adaptation of a 1999 episode of the BBC2 documentary series Trouble at the Top exploring the story of an English shoe company executive who faced the prospect of having to close his family’s factory due to rising costs and declining profits. He saved the company by transitioning to producing fetish footwear for men despite workers’ initial discomfort. Broadway producer Daryl Roth recruited acclaimed writer, performer, and LGBTQ advocate Harvey Fierstein to write the book and pop musician Cyndi Lauper to write the music for the show, which opened on Broadway April 4, 2013. The musical version of Kinky Boots tells the same story of the Price & Son shoe factory In Northampton, England, but in its dialogue and music stresses the themes of inclusion, tolerance, and self-acceptance.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: Japan: Tōkyō, Tokyo
topic: label: Subject
content: Theater
label: Subject
content: Musical Theater
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Daryl Roth Productions
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0247.08
label: accession number
content: 2018.0247
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0247.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 5/8 in x 20 1/4 in; 72.7075 cm x 51.435 cm