These Boots Are Made for Broadway

At the opposite end of the professional spectrum, and a hero’s journey of a decidedly different kind, the 2025-26 Broadway in Santa Barbara Series at the Granada Theatre gets underway December 9-10 with a revival of the official touring production of Kinky Boots. Winner of the Tony, Grammy, and London’s Olivier Awards for Best Musical, Boots busted down barriers and barged into our hearts with a show that features a Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper, book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, and original direction and Tony-winning choreography by Jerry Mitchell. 

Based on true events, the musical follows the individual and shared journeys of two people who seemingly have nothing in common in Charlie Price, who reluctantly inherits his father’s almost bankrupt shoe factory, and Lola, a cabaret performer and drag queen who desperately desires a pair of sturdy stilettos. The unlikely pairing finds the two working together to turn the factory around, learning they have more in common than they realized and discovering that you can change the world when you change your mind. 

Justin C. Woody (aka drag superstar Onya Nurve) stars as Lola, with Noah Silverman as Charlie Price, fronting a huge cast and deeply Tony-laden production and technical team. Visit www.BroadwaySantaBarbara.com, www.GranadaSB.org or www.KinkyBootsMusical.com for details and tickets.