Fela! An Afrobeat Musical
If you’re a fan of Afrobeat and just happen to love Fela Kuti you will appreciate this. Fela! A New Musical, will be playing off-Broadway this summer for a limited engagement starting July 29th thru September 21st.
In this new musical, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones with a book by Jim Lewis, audiences are welcomed into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), Fela! explores Kuti’s controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician. Featuring many of Fela Kuti’s most captivating songs and Bill T. Jones’s imaginative staging, this new show is a provocative hybrid of concert, dance and musical theater.
37 Arts Theatre
450 W. 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
Phone: 212-560-8912 (Box Office)
Tues: 7:00 PM 9:30 PM
Wed-Fri: 8:00 PM-10:30 PM
Sat: 2:00 PM-4:30 PM , 8:00-10:30pm
Sun: 2:00 PM-4:30 PM
For tickets
Check out this video from the late Fela Kuti
I would kill to see this (well, okay, maybe not kill…), but alas can’t make it to New York. Here’s hoping Fela! makes it on the road and comes to Atlanta.