10. There were three different songs that Lola sang in the club scene (during act 1), that were all scrapped and then eventually turned into a reprise, Nicola had a (beautiful) song in act 2 that only Chicago audiences saw, all of the angels costumes were cut and changed except for one set and they were AMAZING, and top of act two used to have a HUGE tango number with the factory women and angels that was cut the LAST day of studio rehearsal before our out of town try-out.
9. The house Hirschfeld crew has hidden 6 pez dispensers on the set.
8. Nick Burroughs’ finale costume alone is $12,000.
7. On set we have a laptop used by the character of PAT. Tory Ross was the original Pat, and in the lap top was a THOROUGH database of all Price and Son employees including pictures, addresses, work history, likes and dislikes and performance reports. It's utterly HILARIOUS. There is also a list of everything needed to be done to save Price and Son. So, taking the cue from "Step One," the following steps would be: Step 2: marketing. Step 3: social media. The list went on over 100 and the steps became more and more obscure and funny.
6. Every piece of paper passed (mostly by Marcus Neville) have quizzes, cartoons or something inappropriate written on it.
5. David Rockwell, our set designer, was also the set designer for Legally Blonde, which Jerry Mitchell directed and much of our cast was in at one time or another. The Nicola shoe pedestal that comes up during act one says "NELLIE'S of LONDON" which was the name of the store Elle Woods bought her (first entrance) dress for the proposal scene.
4. The tabletops in Lola's club are a replica of the wallpaper in the first restaurant David Rockwell designed in Vegas. It's nudey girls...check it next time you're on stage.
3. All of our treadmills have names: Aretha (A) Beyonce (B), Cher (C), Diana (D)and the understudy...Whitney. Rest in peace, girl....
2. In rehearsals for "Everybody Say Yeah," Jerry Mitchell came up with the backup plan if a treadmill breaks down or stops. The code word was to be "T-DOWN". After we all got off the floor from laughing at our fearless leaders code word, (cause all we could think of was "TRANNY DOWN") we implemented the backup plan of just "fake it till you make it" and just walk in place. Nobody tell Jerry we don't say "T-down". Promise?
1. My daughter’s name is LOLA and she was born WAY before "Kinky Boots" was a part of my life. Kismet? I think so....
BONUS: The prop crew has saved every sticker from the apple that Lauren eats during "History of Wrong Guys" since we came to the Hirschfeld Feb 2013. They are on the inside portion of the stage right prop shelf. There are hundreds. (approx 1,000)
Now that you know all ‘Kinky Boots’ little secrets, feel in-the-know as you enjoy a night over at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
