Articles about Fela!
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Fela may soon be headed to Nigeria, according to the New York Times. The move was originally reported in June, when it was announced that FELA has been asked by officials at the Nigerian Min…
First Lady Michelle Obama attended the Nov. 18 performance of the award-winning musical Fela!, a show spokesperson confirmed to Playbill.com.
Music superstar Beyonce recenlty participated in a photo shoot with LOfficiel Paris in which she channeled Fela Anikulapo-Kuti- on whom the recent Broadway musical was based. Beyonce went as…
New York City has "incredibly active subcultures in every dance style"; at Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center free dance instruction includes salsa, swing and Afrobeat.
As BroadwayWorld previously speculated, producers Shawn Jay-Z Carter, Will amp Jada Pinkett Smith, Ruth amp Stephen Hendel and Roy Gabay will welcome Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum rec…
As previously reported, Grammy Award winner Patti LaBelle, who has appeared on Broadway in three self-titled concerts, will succeed Tony winner Lillias White in the role of Fela's mothe…
Shawn Jay-Z Carter and Will amp Jada Pinkett Smith present Fela, the multi-Tony Award-winning Broadway musical about the music and life of the revolutionary musician and activist Fela Anikul…
By now, every theatergoer on Broadway has heard of the Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Jojo Kuo, 50, an Afropop drummer from Cameroon, played with Fela - twice.
If his life were presented as smartly, the entire show would soar. But the book, written by Jim Lewis and Jones, seldom finds its theatrical footing.
Pop diva Beyonce graces the pages of French publication L'Officiel Paris' March issue, and the star is under fire for a photo paying tribute to the Nigerian pioneer of Afrobeat music--and su…
Nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were announced Dec. 1. Nominees in the Best Musical Show Album category include American Idiot, Fela!, A Little Night Music, Sondheim on Sondhei…
