Photos: ‘Kinky Boots’

In need of sturdier shoes is Lola (Kyle Taylor Parker), a drag performer whose life intersects with that of shoemaker’s son Charlie in the musical “Kinky Boots.”   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Athleticism in high heels is the order of the day in “Kinky Boots.” Lola (Kyle Taylor Parker, in blue) looks on.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The lives of drag performer Lola (Kyle Taylor Parker) and Charlie (Steven Booth) intersect in “Kinky Boots.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Life for Charlie (Steven Booth, left), inheritor of a failing shoe factory, and employee Lauren (Lindsay Nicole Chambers) takes a razzle-dazzle turn when they link up with Lola (Kyle Taylor Parker). “Kinky Boots” is on tour.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Kyle Taylor Parker portrays Lola in the touring production of “Kinky Boots” visiting the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood through Nov. 30. Harvey Fierstein wrote the book, Cyndi Lauper the music.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

In “Kinky Boots,” a shoe factory in Northampton, England, is transformed by its changeover to making boots for drag queens.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Charlie (Steven Booth, left) watches awkwardly as his upwardly mobile girlfriend, Nicola (Grace Stockdale), meets Charlie’s new acquaintance, Lola (Kyle Taylor Parker).  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

In a story-setting scene at the beginning of “Kinky Boots,” young Lola (Andrew Theo Johnson) slips on his favored pair of shoes.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Lola (Kyle Taylor Parker, in blue) and the Angels demonstrate what a fashionably designed boot should look like. “Kinky Boots” is at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood through Nov. 30. It’s at Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa Dec. 30-Jan. 11.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)