Cyndi Lauper working out the kinks in 'Kinky Boots'

NEW YORK - The New 42nd Street Studios, where many Broadway musicals rehearse, are full of drama. Once at this very address, a hung-over Billy Joel spilled coffee all over a furious Twyla Tharp's sacred dance floor. And if, some warm September Saturday, you find yourself sharing an elevator with a couple of chatty dancers confounded by the ability of glitter to hold persistently to the body after at least three showers, well it's just another ordinary day at this particular theater factory, where hoofers kvetch on every floor. Hey, when you're playing a drag queen eight shows a week, clingy glitter is a very real issue.

Chris Jones

September 27, 2012