Alexandra Kazovsky

Gershon Gerchikov

Jan Grüning

Amit Even-Tov

Ariel Quartet

Gogue Performing Arts Center

The boots are back! Kinky Boots will lift your spirits to high-heeled heights! Celebrated with six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album, and London’s Olivier Award for Best Musical, this big-hearted hit will have you strutting out of the theater saying “Yeah!” 

Kinky Boots has captivated and entertained audiences around the world with its dazzling Tony-winning score by pop legend Cyndi Lauper, hilarious and uplifting book by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, and original direction and Tony-winning choreography by Jerry Mitchell.  

Based on true events, Kinky Boots follows the journey of two people with nothing in common—or so they think. Charlie Price reluctantly inherits his father’s shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father’s legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. As Charlie and Lola work together to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair finds that they have more in common than they realized . . . and discover that you change the world when you change your mind.

Kinky Boots

Auburn University

Distinguished by its virtuosity, probing musical insight, and impassioned, fiery performances, the Ariel Quartet has garnered critical praise worldwide for more than a quarter of a century.  

Formed when the members were just teenagers, the Ariel Quartet has performed at leading venues across the globe, including Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center and the Kaisersaal in Frankfurt. Their recording of Brahms and Bartók for Avie Records has been critically acclaimed, and they regularly collaborate with artists such as Inon Barnatan, the Mark Morris Dance Group and cellist Alisa Weilerstein. 

Renowned for their interpretations of Beethoven’s quartets, the Ariel Quartet has performed the complete Beethoven cycle numerous times throughout the United States and Europe. They regularly collaborate with eminent musicians, including pianists Jeremy Denk and Orion Weiss, cellists Paul Watkins and Claudio Bohorquez, and, in 2020, gave the U.S. premiere of the Quintet for Piano and Strings by Daniil Trifonov with the composer as pianist.