Fela!
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 23, 2009
Closed Jan 2, 2011
Opened Nov 23, 2009
Closed Jan 2, 2011
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Running Time:
2hr. 30min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 30min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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http://www.FelaOnBroadway.com
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
This Tony Award-winning new musical, based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti, is directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Bill T. Jones, with a book by Jim Lewis and Jones.
The winner of the Tony Awards for Best Choreography, Best Costumes and Best Sound, as well as the Outer Critics Circle and Astaire Awards for Best Choreography and the Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Choreography and Best Musical, Fela! was conceived by Tony Award-winner Bill T. Jones, Jim Lewis and Stephen Hendel.
Fela! is the true story of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, whose soulful Afrobeat rhythms ignited a generation. Inspired by his mother, a civil rights champion, he defied a corrupt and oppressive military government and devoted his life and music to the struggle for freedom and human dignity. Fela! is a triumphant tale of courage, passion and love, featuring Fela Kuti's captivating music and the visionary direction and choreography of Tony-Award winner Bill T. Jones.
Student Rush Tickets: $27.00 | Available at the Box Office only two hours prior to each performance | Limit 1 ticket per current and valid student ID Cash only | May be partial or obstructed view | May not be available for all performances | Subject to availability.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
fela
saw it 3 more times before the closing thats a total of 5 times. I said it all in my previous rating. Its the BEST !
I hope it comes back.
Reviewed by lav2dar
on Monday, Mar 28th, 2011
Fela
The dancers were incredible - Fela was the presentation was unique.
Fela, Multi Talented, Patti Labelle, as always Excellent!
Reviewed by Deborah Chaney
on Friday, Dec 10th, 2010
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There's no better dancing on Broadway than what's currently on view in Fela!, directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones and now playing the Eugene O'Neill Theatre following a successful Off-Broadway run at 37 Arts last year. The sheer exuberance of the performers makes this bio-musical about Nigerian activist, composer, and performer Fela Anikulapo Kuti an exciting and richly rewarding theatrical experience.
The show -- conceived by Jones with Jim Lewis and Stephen Hendel and featuring a book by Lewis and Jones -- is staged partially as a 1978 farewell concert, as Fela (Sahr Ngaujah at my performance, who alternates with Kevin Mambo) gets ready to leave Nigeria following a government crac[...]