Francis played the role in the original West End production in London, the Australian tour, the first U.K. tour, on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre and now at Stage 42, located at 422 W. 42nd St. and he is FABULOUS. “Kinky Boots” is an incredible musical with a stunning book by Harvey Fierstein, mesmerizing music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, and delightful choreography and direction by Jerry Mitchell.
What do you want people to realize about this character?If you can look past the dress, the wigs and the heels to the person, you’ll realize that you don’t have to be a drag queen or a shoemaker, or whatever you are seeing on the stage, to realize that these people are real humans with real problems and real relationship issues with family members. We all grew up as kids and we had arguments in the house. Lola and Charlie want to think that everything is okay and it’s not.