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Kinky Boots is a musical that opened on Broadway in 2013 , winning the Tony Award for Best Musical and various other awards that season .. Kinky Boots. Kinky Boots ( musical ). Tony Award for Best Musical. Tony Award for Best Musical. Tony Award. Tony Awards. Best Musical. Tony Award for Best Musical. The show has a book by Harvey Fierstein and songs by Cyndi Lauper .. Harvey Fierstein. Harvey Fierstein. Cyndi Lauper. Cyndi Lauper. Kinky Boots is based on the 2005 British film of the same name , which was , in turn , inspired by a true story .. Kinky Boots. Kinky Boots ( musical ). 2005 British film. Kinky Boots ( film ). The original production was directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell and orchestrated by Stephen Oremus .. Jerry Mitchell. Jerry Mitchell. Stephen Oremus. Stephen Oremus. Scenic design was by David Rockwell , costumes by Gregg Barnes , lighting by Kenneth Posner and sound by John Shivers .. David Rockwell. David Rockwell. Gregg Barnes. Gregg Barnes. Kenneth Posner. Kenneth Posner. The cast starred Billy Porter as Lola and Stark Sands as Charlie and featured Annaleigh Ashford as Lauren .. Billy Porter. Billy Porter ( entertainer ). Stark Sands. Stark Sands. Annaleigh Ashford. Annaleigh Ashford. Early in the 2013 awards season , Kinky Boots did well , receiving Drama League Award nominations for Distinguished Production of a Musical and Distinguished Performance , for both Porter and Sands , and winning for Distinguished Production .. Kinky Boots. Kinky Boots ( musical ). Drama League Award. Drama League Award. The show received nine Outer Critics Circle Award nominations , winning three , including Outstanding New Broadway Musical , Outstanding New Score and Outstanding Actor in a Musical -LRB- Porter -RRB- .. Outer Critics Circle Award. Outer Critics Circle Award. Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. The musical received only two Drama Desk Award nominations , however , and only one win  : Porter for Outstanding Actor in a Musical .. Drama Desk Award. Drama Desk Award. Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Kinky Boots received a season-high 13 Tony Award nominations .. Kinky Boots. Kinky Boots ( musical ). Tony Award. Tony Awards. Matilda , which The New York Times described as the `` unalloyed critical hit '' of the season , received 12 nominations , 11 of them in the same categories as Kinky Boots .. Kinky Boots. Kinky Boots ( musical ). In addition to its critical success , Matilda had won the Drama Desk Award for outstanding musical and had set a record by winning the most Olivier Awards in history .. Drama Desk Award. Drama Desk Award. Nevertheless , Kinky Boots won a season-high six Tonys , including Best Musical , which the press described as an upset , and Lauper 's win for Best Score made her the first woman to win alone in that category .. Kinky Boots. Kinky Boots ( musical ). Best Musical. Tony Award for Best Musical. Best Score. Tony Award for Best Original Score. The creative team are Americans , and reviewer David Cote , an American writing in The Guardian , judged that the show 's win was a case of `` the balance of love going to a homegrown American musical , Kinky Boots , over the British import Matilda . ''. Kinky Boots. Kinky Boots ( musical ). The Guardian. The Guardian. Kinky Boots also won the 2013 Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting in the Broadway musical category .. Kinky Boots. Kinky Boots ( musical ). Artios Award. Artios Award. Kinky Boots won the award for Best Musical Theater Album at the Grammy Awards in January 2014 .. Kinky Boots. Kinky Boots ( musical ). Best Musical. Tony Award for Best Musical