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Fela! explores Fela Anikulapo Kuti's controversial life as an artist, political activist and revolutionary musician as well as his pioneering blend of jazz, funk and traditional African rhythms that launched the Afrobeat community.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Aug. 4, 2012.

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About Fela! on Broadway

Previews: Jul 9, 2012 • Closing: Aug 4, 2012
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Al Hirschfeld Theatre Al Hirschfeld Theatre
302 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036
Hearing Assistance
Assisted listening and Closed Captioning devices always available.
Wheelchair Access
Orchestra only. There are no steps to the designated wheelchair seating locations.
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This theater does not have elevators or escalators.
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What Is Fela! About?
Upon entering the Eugene O’Neill Theatre, audiences of Fela! find themselves in the “Afrika Shrine,” a 1970s Lagos nightclub and political stage belonging to the show’s namesake central character, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Through song, dance and onstage banter with the audience, Fela (a real-life historical figure from Nigeria) begins to share the extraordinary details of his life, from his travels across the globe to his development of the show’s signature fusion of jazz, funk and traditional African drum music known as Afrobeat. Fela, his band and his tribe of wives (the real man had, at one point, 27 spouses) also depict their politically oppressed Nigera, a country terrorized by its own government, and the crimes committed by their leaders against them. As stories from tragic to inspiring unfold, exhilarating song and dance drive one man’s legendary journey forward.

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

Time Out New York

David Cote

""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.""

USA Today

Elysa Gardner

Cast & Creative

Cast

Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Melanie Marshall
Funmilayo
Paulette Ivory
Sandra

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Music
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Book
Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones
Director and Choreographer
Bill T. Jones
Set and Costume Designer
Marina Draghici
Lighting Design
Robert Wierzel
Sound Designer
Rob Kaplowitz
Orchestrations
Aaron Johnson
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