Fela! - Broadway

Reviews

• Review by David Cote
  from Time Out New York
  November 24, 2009

  ‘‘"Fela! is more than a musical; it’s an ecstatic phenomenon."’’

• Review by Elysa Gardner
  from USA Today
  November 24, 2009

  ‘‘"Delivering exuberant storytelling through song and dance, Fela! achieves something closer to the essence of great musicals than many more conventional shows have of late."’’

• Review by David Sheward
  from Backstage
  November 24, 2009

  ‘‘"The concert format is punctuated with explosive dance numbers performed with an uninhibited joy and intensity by a fiercely talented ensemble. [Director, choreographer and co-creator] Bill T. Jones has delivered tight, sizzling staging that hits you with the force of a tidal wave."’’

• Review by Frank Scheck
  from The Hollywood Reporter
  November 24, 2009

  ‘‘"The show's raison d'etre is the music, ferociously performed by Antibalas, a Brooklyn-based band. [The] choreography...is outstanding and beautifully performed by a hardworking, sexy ensemble."’’

• Review by John Simon
  from Bloomberg News
  November 24, 2009

  ‘‘"As performed by 10 players, mostly members of Brooklyn’s Antibalas Afrobeat band, almost constant music makes “Fela!” as perfect a concert as it is a show. Bill T. Jones, who also directed, has devised spectacular African-inspired dances that fill every centimeter of the two-tiered set, repeatedly spill into the auditorium and seem barely containable by the theater’s walls."’’