Fela! (2012)

Music by Fela Kuti
Directed by Bill T. Jones
Cast: Sahr Ngaujah, Paulette Ivory, Melanie Marshall, Adesola Osakalumi, Sherinne Kayra Anderson, Jonathan Andre, Cindy Belliot, Nandi Bhebhe

takes place around 1977, at the height of Fela Kuti's influence as a composer and performer in Nigeria. Kuti was an originator of the Afrobeat sound, and the musical opens with him addressing the audience from a concert at his club, the Afrika Shrine in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos. Kuti indicates that the Afrika Shrine had become a hugely popular venue, and a gathering place for youth opposed to Nigeria's military dictatorship.

Theater

Al Hirschfeld Theatre · Broadway

Closed

August 4, 2012