List of awards and nominations received by Kinky Boots (musical)
# List of awards and nominations received by Kinky Boots (musical)

Kinky Boots is a musical that opened on Broadway in 2013, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical and various other awards that season. The show has a book by Harvey Fierstein and songs by Cyndi Lauper. Kinky Boots is based on the 2005 British film of the same name, which was, in turn, inspired by a true story.

The original production was directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell and orchestrated by Stephen Oremus. Scenic design was by David Rockwell, costumes by Gregg Barnes, lighting by Kenneth Posner and sound by John Shivers. The cast starred Billy Porter as Lola and Stark Sands as Charlie and featured Annaleigh Ashford as Lauren.

Early in the 2013 awards season, Kinky Boots did well, receiving Drama League Award nominations for Distinguished Production of a Musical and Distinguished Performance, for both Porter and Sands, and winning for Distinguished Production. The show received nine Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, winning three, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Outstanding New Score and Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Porter). The musical received only two Drama Desk Award nominations, however, and only one win: Porter for Outstanding Actor in a Musical.

Kinky Boots received a season-high 13 Tony Award nominations. Matilda, which The New York Times described as the "unalloyed critical hit" of the season, received 12 nominations, 11 of them in the same categories as Kinky Boots. In addition to its critical success, Matilda had won the Drama Desk Award for outstanding musical and had set a record by winning the most Olivier Awards in history. Nevertheless, Kinky Boots won a season-high six Tonys, including Best Musical, which the press described as an upset, and Lauper's win for Best Score made her the first woman to win alone in that category. The creative team are Americans, and reviewer David Cote, an American writing in The Guardian, judged that the show's win was a case of "the balance of love going to a homegrown American musical, Kinky Boots, over the British import Matilda." Kinky Boots also won the 2013 Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting in the Broadway musical category.

Kinky Boots won the award for Best Musical Theater Album at the Grammy Awards in January 2014.

## Awards and nominations

### Original Broadway production

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | Drama League Award | Distinguished Production of a Musical | Distinguished Production of a Musical | Won |
| 2013 | Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Billy Porter | Nominated |
| 2013 | Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Stark Sands | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Won |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Harvey Fierstein | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Cyndi Lauper | Won |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jerry Mitchell | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Choreographer | Jerry Mitchell | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Gregg Barnes | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Billy Porter | Won |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Daniel Stewart Sherman | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Annaleigh Ashford | Nominated |
| 2013 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Billy Porter | Won |
| 2013 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Annaleigh Ashford | Nominated |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Musical | Best Musical | Won |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Book of a Musical | Harvey Fierstein | Nominated |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Original Score | Cyndi Lauper | Won |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Actor in a Musical | Billy Porter | Won |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Actor in a Musical | Stark Sands | Nominated |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Annaleigh Ashford | Nominated |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | David Rockwell | Nominated |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Gregg Barnes | Nominated |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Kenneth Posner | Nominated |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Sound Design of a Musical | John Shivers | Won |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Direction of a Musical | Jerry Mitchell | Nominated |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Choreography | Jerry Mitchell | Won |
| 2013 | Tony Award | Best Orchestrations | Stephen Oremus | Won |
| 2013 | Artios Award | Outstanding Achievement in Casting | Bernard Telsey & Justin Huff | Won |
| 2013 | Astaire Awards | Outstanding Choreographer in a Broadway Show | Jerry Mitchell | Nominated |
| 2013 | Astaire Awards | Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway Show | Billy Porter | Nominated |
| 2013 | Astaire Awards | Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway Show | Charlie Sutton | Nominated |
| 2014 | Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album | Best Musical Theater Album | Won |

### Original West End Production

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | Evening Standard Awards | Best Musical | Best Musical | Won |
| 2015 | Evening Standard Awards | Best Musical Performance | Killian Donnelly | Nominated |
| 2017 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Musical | Best New Musical | Won |
| 2017 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actor in a Musical | Killian Donnelly | Nominated |
| 2017 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actor in a Musical | Matt Henry | Won |
| 2017 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Amy Lennox | Nominated |
| 2017 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Theatre Choreographer | Jerry Mitchell | Nominated |
| 2017 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Costume Design | Gregg Barnes | Won |
| 2017 | Laurence Olivier Award | Outstanding Achievement in Music | Cyndi Lauper & Stephen Oremus | Nominated |
| 2017 | Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album | Best Musical Theater Album | Nominated |

### Original Australian production

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | Helpmann Awards | Best Musical | Best Musical | Nominated |
| 2017 | Helpmann Awards | Best Music Direction | Luke Hunter | Nominated |
| 2017 | Helpmann Awards | Best Choreography in a Musical | Jerry Mitchell | Won |
| 2017 | Helpmann Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Jerry Mitchell | Nominated |
| 2017 | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Musical | Sophie Wright | Nominated |
| 2017 | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Teegan Wouters | Nominated |
| 2017 | Helpmann Awards | Best Male Actor in a Musical | Callum Francis | Won |
