‘Kinky Boots’ Gets A Leading 13 Tony Award Nods

The Cyndi Lauper-scored "Kinky Boots" has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import "Matilda: The Musical" close behind with 12.

Cyndi Lauper (Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images for Hearing Health Foundation)

"Kinky Boots" is based on the 2005 British movie about a real-life shoe factory that struggles until it finds new life in fetish footwear. Lauper's songs and a story by Harvey Fierstein have made it a crowd-pleaser.

"Matilda: The Musical" is a witty musical adaptation of the novel by Roald Dahl and is true to his bleak vision of childhood as a savage battleground.

The nominations were announced Tuesday in a televised event co-hosted by Tony winner Sutton Foster and "Modern Family" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

The awards will be broadcast on CBS from Radio City Music Hall on June 9.

See All The Tony Award Nominations

Tony Award Nominations

Best Play

The Assembled Parties

Author:

Richard Greenberg

Lucky Guy

Author:

Nora Ephron

The Testament of Mary

Author:

Colm Tóibín

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Author:

Christopher Durang

Best Musical

Bring It On: The Musical

A Christmas Story, The Musical

Kinky Boots

Matilda The Musical

Best Book of a Musical

A Christmas Story, The Musical

Joseph Robinette

Kinky Boots

Harvey Fierstein

Matilda The Musical

Dennis Kelly

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Douglas Carter Beane

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

A Christmas Story, The Musical

Music and Lyrics:

Benj Pasek

and

Justin Paul

Hands on a Hardbody

Music:

Trey Anastasio

and

Amanda Green

Lyrics:

Amanda Green

Kinky Boots

Music & Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper

Matilda The Musical

Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin

Best Revival of a Play

Golden Boy

Orphans

The Trip to Bountiful

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Best Revival of a Musical

Annie

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Pippin

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Tom Hanks

Lucky Guy

Nathan Lane

The Nance

Tracy Letts

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

David Hyde Pierce

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Tom Sturridge

Orphans

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Laurie Metcalf

The Other Place

Amy Morton

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Kristine Nielsen

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Holland Taylor

Ann

Cicely Tyson

The Trip to Bountiful

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Bertie Carvel

Matilda The Musical

Santino Fontana

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Rob McClure

Chaplin

Billy Porter

Kinky Boots

Stark Sands

Kinky Boots

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Stephanie J. Block

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Carolee Carmello

Scandalous

Valisia LeKae

Motown The Musical

Patina Miller

Pippin

Laura Osnes

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Danny Burstein

Golden Boy

Richard Kind

The Big Knife

Billy Magnussen

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Tony Shalhoub

Golden Boy

Courtney B. Vance

Lucky Guy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Carrie Coon

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Shalita Grant

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Judith Ivey

The Heiress

Judith Light

The Assembled Parties

Condola Rashad

The Trip to Bountiful

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Charl Brown

Motown The Musical

Keith Carradine

Hands on a Hardbody

Will Chase

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Gabriel Ebert

Matilda The Musical

Terrence Mann

Pippin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Annaleigh Ashford

Kinky Boots

Victoria Clark

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Andrea Martin

Pippin

Keala Settle

Hands on a Hardbody

Lauren Ward

Matilda The Musical

Best Direction of a Play

Pam MacKinnon

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Nicholas Martin

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Bartlett Sher

Golden Boy

George C. Wolfe

Lucky Guy

Best Direction of a Musical

Scott Ellis

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Jerry Mitchell

Kinky Boots

Diane Paulus

Pippin

Matthew Warchus

Matilda The Musical

Best Choreography

Andy Blankenbuehler

Bring It On: The Musical

Peter Darling

Matilda The Musical

Jerry Mitchell

Kinky Boots

Chet Walker

Pippin

Best Orchestrations

Chris Nightingale

Matilda The Musical

Stephen Oremus

Kinky Boots

Ethan Popp

Bryan Crook

Motown The Musical

Danny Troob

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty

The Nance

Santo Loquasto

The Assembled Parties

David Rockwell

Lucky Guy

Michael Yeargan

Golden Boy

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Rob Howell

Matilda The Musical

Anna Louizos

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Scott Pask

Pippin

David Rockwell

Kinky Boots

Best Costume Design of a Play

Soutra Gilmour

Cyrano de Bergerac

Ann Roth

The Nance

Albert Wolsky

The Heiress

Catherine Zuber

Golden Boy

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes

Kinky Boots

Rob Howell

Matilda The Musical

Dominique Lemieux

Pippin

William Ivey Long

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jules Fisher

Peggy Eisenhauer

Lucky Guy

Donald Holder

Golden Boy

Jennifer Tipton

The Testament of Mary

Japhy Weideman

The Nance

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kenneth Posner

Kinky Boots

Kenneth Posner

Pippin

Kenneth Posner

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Hugh Vanstone

Matilda The Musical

Best Sound Design of a Play

John Gromada

The Trip to Bountiful

Mel Mercier

The Testament of Mary

Leon Rothenberg

The Nance

Peter John Still

and

Marc Salzberg

Golden Boy

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Jonathan Deans

Garth Helm

Pippin

Peter Hylenski

Motown The Musical

John Shivers

Kinky Boots

Nevin Steinberg

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Bernard Gersten

Paul Libin

Ming Cho Lee

Regional Theatre Award

Huntington Theatre Company

Isabelle Stevenson Award

Larry Kramer

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre

Career Transition For Dancers

William Craver

Peter Lawrence

The Lost Colony

The four actresses who created the title role of Matilda The Musical on Broadway - Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro

Filed Under: national, Tony Awards Nominations

Categories: New Jersey News