Fela!

Bill T. Jones directs and choreographs the world premiere of Fela!, a new musical based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Featuring a book by Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones, Fela! features Kuti’s rousing music performed live onstage by Antibalas and other members of the New York Afrobeat community.

In this new musical, audiences are welcomed into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo 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.