![]() Based on the 2005 film Kinky Boots, which was inspired by a true story, the musical tells of a struggling British shoe factory’s owner, Charlie, who forms an unlikely partnership with a drag queen named Lola, to save the business. Kinky Boots with music and lyrics by Cindi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein received 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical among 13 nominations in 2013. There are so many worthy choices that the others that do not make the Top 10 are included in the Honorable Mentions section.ġ0. ![]() ![]() I have selected 5 musicals and 5 plays to comprise the list. The criteria chosen for these shows include: 1) a successful run on Broadway (or off-Broadway) 2) significant LGBT characters 3) an LGBT theme or storyline and 4) groundbreaking for its time. To salute LGBT Pride month, I am offering my Top 10 all-time LGBT-oriented Broadway plays and musicals. June is LGBT Pride month, which commemorates the 1969 Stonewall uprising regarded by most historians as the beginning of the modern day gay rights movement.
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