On Thursday, July 12, the musical Fela! officially reopened on Broadway for a summer run at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it will run through August 4.
Opening night guests included original Fela! stars Kevin Mambo, Saycon Sengbloh, and Lillias White, as well as Penn Badgley, Jaime Cepero, Zoe Kravitz, Leila Lopes, Tonya Pinkins, Martha Plimpton, Annabella Sciorra, and Questlove.
This return New York engagement is part of the show’s world tour, which will continue with stops in Australia, Japan, a return to Africa, a reprise engagement at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson in May 2013 followed by the Chekov Festival in Moscow in June 2013 and numerous other cities around the world still to be announced.
Click here for TheaterMania’s review of Fela!
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Sahr Ngaujah and Melanie Marshall
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Bill T. Jones and Sahr Ngaujah
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Sahr Ngaujah
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Bill T. Jones
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Lililas White
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Questlove
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Saycon Sengbloh
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Kevin Mambo
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Annabella Sciorra
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Tonya Pinkins
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Martha Plimpton
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Penn Badgley
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Leila Lopes
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Jamie Cepero
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