Saturday, April 6, 2013
Legendary performer Bette Midler is back on Broadway! And JK's TheatreScene is celebrating the return of the Divine Miss M with a ticket giveaway! That's right, FREE tickets to s…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 09:19AMThursday, March 29, 2012
Tony Award-winning production aptly tells tale of man who used music to stir activism, agitation in good measure in native Nigeria
Deep into "Fela!," when Fela Anikulapo-Kuti stands defiant…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 03:02AMHEDY WEISS: The ground-breaking Broadway musical “Fela!” is a phenomenal dance party that takes a dark, hallucinatory voyage into the fates of artists who speak truth to power, in an Or…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 02:17AMWednesday, March 28, 2012
There’s a distinctly younger, even hipper bent to the offerings for the Broadway Across America 2012-2013 season announced for the Adrienne Arsht Center -- plus some old, old reliables. Th…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 07:10AMThursday, March 22, 2012
Sahr Ngaujah reprises his Broadway role as political and cultural hero of Nigeria
After "Fela!" — the Afrobeat musical based on the life and art of the Nigerian musician and political…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 06:53PMWednesday, March 21, 2012
So who was Fela Anikulapo Kuti? And what was it about this hugely charismatic, politically-charged Nigerian instrumentalist, composer and singer-songwriter — the man credited with devising…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:52PMWednesday, March 7, 2012
The touring musical "Fela!" will now play for three weeks in Chicago instead of two.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 02:00PMBroadway On Tour March 2012
New to Broadway on Tour is the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of the legendary musician, FELA! A new musical comedy is about to step up its game, BRI…
Linked From YouTube at 07:33AMSaturday, March 3, 2012
Broadway on Tour March 2012
New to Broadway on Tour is the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of the legendary musician, FELA! A new musical comedy is about to step up its game, BRI…
Linked From YouTube at 07:28AMFriday, January 20, 2012
Broadway favorite and perennial magazine cover boy Neil Patrick Harris has made the cover of yet another magazine. This time, though, it is part of a celebration of love stories a…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMFriday, January 13, 2012
Last Chance for 39 tickets to FELA at the Ahmanson
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMSunday, January 8, 2012
Grammy Award winners Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z welcomed their first child, daughter Ivy Blue Carter, on Saturday in New York City.
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was one of the pro…
Linked From TheaterMania at 08:58AMFriday, December 30, 2011
Original Broadway cast member Saycon Sengbloh will reprise her role in the touring version of “Fela!” which currently is being performed in Los Angeles. The return will be a week-long en…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 04:35AMThursday, December 29, 2011
Saycon Sengbloh is set to reprise the powerful role of Sandra Iszadore in the landmark Tony Award winning Broadway musical, FELA, for a one week engagement at the Ahmanson Theatre Los Angele…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMSaycon Sengbloh, who originated the role of Sandra Iszadore in the Broadway production of the musical Fela!, will reprise her performance during the show's current national tour stop at…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:08PMTuesday, December 27, 2011
Pounding rhythms, colorful tribal costumes, exquisitely light and authentic African choreography, visually stunning staging and politically charged lyrics – Fela! is a biographical funk co…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 07:42PMMonday, December 26, 2011
BWW TV: Broadway Beat Features FELA! and 2010 GYPSY OF THE YEAR
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. The 20th Anniversary Season of Broadway Beat, in 2010, featured the opening ni…
Linked From YouTube at 08:24PMWednesday, December 21, 2011
Patti LaBelle, who appeared in the Broadway production of Fela!, and Bret Michaels, whose music is heard in the Broadway production ofRock of Ages, are among the artists who will perform in …
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:51PMMonday, December 19, 2011
Fela, the 2010 Best Musical Tony Award-nominated musical, opened on December 14th, at 8 p.m. at the Center Theatre GroupAhmanson Theatre. The musical, filled with the exuberant music of Afro…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:08PMFriday, December 16, 2011
Fela!, the musical about the late Nigerian political activist and Afrobeat star, opened in LA Wednesday. Among those chatting before and after the event were Thelma Houston, CCH Pounder, Kim…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 06:09PMTony winner Lillias White and Tony nominees Veanne Cox and Nancy Dussault will join the cast of Love, Loss and What I Wore on January 4, 2012 at off-Broadway's Westsi…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:58PMThursday, December 15, 2011
Legit Reviews||Los Angeles:
L.A. gets a welcome early present for Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah, to be cherished by anyone moved by music's power to resist oppression.
Linked From Variety at 03:10PMCenter Theatre Group celebrated the Los Angeles engagement of Fela!, which opened at The Ahmanson Theatre on December 14, and plays through January 22, 2012. The show is directed and choreog…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:23PMWednesday, December 14, 2011
Sahr Ngaujah, an American-born son of a father from Sierra Leone and an American mother, portrays the late Afrobeat star and political activist Fela Kuti in the Bill T. Jones-directed musica…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 07:37PMWednesday, December 7, 2011
Tony winner Tonya Pinkins (Caroline, or Change, Jelly’s Last Jam) has signed on for Katori Hall’s Hurt Village, the inaugural production at Signature Theatre Company’s Romu…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:23PMThe current Broadway revival of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, which began at The Kennedy Center, will transfer to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles for a six-week run…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:57AMTuesday, December 6, 2011
The current Broadway revival of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, which began at The Kennedy Center, will transfer to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles for a six-week run…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:09PMMonday, December 5, 2011
The Tony Award winning musical ‘Fela!’ comes to the Oriental Theatre in Chicago from March 28 to April 8, 2012. This highly infectious and vibrantly spirited musical based on the colorfu…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 01:10PMWednesday, November 30, 2011
Plenty of iconic musicians have stopped by the Palace Theatre to boogie to the tunes of Priscilla Queen of the Desert lately, and the cast was beyond excited to welcome Grammy-winning legend…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:00PMThursday, November 17, 2011
Coming soon at the Ahmanson -- Fela! in place of Funny Girl. Antaeus' new troika of artistic directors announce a three-play season. LATW tours China. Holiday happenings and post-holiday p…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 07:58PM