American Idol winner David Cook is slated to take over in the role of ‘Charlie Price’ in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. He will play a limited run through Saturday, May 5.
Cook, who won the seventh year of American Idol, will succeed Jake Shears and join Wayne Brady who takes over as ‘Lola’ on Monday, March 5.
“I love the collaborative aspect of theatre, the idea of being part of a creative team and working it out in front of an audience each night,” Cook said.
Grammy Award-winner Kirstin Maldonado, a member of the a capella group Pentatonix, has extended her run in the show as ‘Lauren’ through Thursday, April 26, 2018. She was originally scheduled to play through Sunday, April 8.
The winner of six 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Kinky Boots features a Tony Award-winning score by Cyndi Lauper, a book by Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and direction and choreography by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell.
The show tells the story of Charlie Price, a young man who reluctantly takes over his family’s struggling shoe factory only to find inspiration as well as a new lease on life and success with a little help from Lola.