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Olivier Award Nominee Killian Donnelly to Join Broadway's Kinky Boots

Donnelly originated the role of Charlie Price in the musical’s London production.

Killian Donnelly will join the Broadway cast of Kinky Boots.
Killian Donnelly will join the Broadway cast of Kinky Boots.
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Killian Donnelly will join the Broadway company of Kinky Boots at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in the role of Charlie Price beginning December 6. He succeeds Aaron C. Finley in the role.

Donnelly originated the role of Charlie in the London production of Kinky Boots and received an Olivier Award nomination. His credits also include the London productions of Memphis, The Commitments, and Billy Elliot, among others.

Inspired by the 2005 British film of the same title, Kinky Boots features a Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein. The musical tells the story of Charlie Price, the owner of a failing shoe factory who realizes that a sassy drag queen named Lola has the key to the business' success.

The current Broadway cast of Kinky Boots includes Alan Mingo Jr. (as Lola), Aaron C. Finley (as Charlie Price), Haven Burton (as Lauren), Daniel Stewart Sherman, Shannon O’Boyle, Marcus Neville, Nick Rashad Burroughs, Sean Patrick Doyle, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Fred Odgaard, Kyle Post, Hernando Umana, Adinah Alexander, Eugene Barry-Hill, Stephen Berger, Devin Trey Campbell, Christopher Convery, Alfred DalPino, Holly Davis, Jesus Del Orden, Mia Gentile, Blair Goldberg, Natalie Joy Johnson, Jake Katzman, Jeff Kuhr, Ross Lekites, Eric Leviton, Ellyn Marie Marsh, John Jeffrey Martin, Michael Milkanin, Nathan Peck, Robert Pendilla, Stephen Tewksbury, and Timothy Ware.

Todrick Hall joins the cast as Lola on November 1.

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