Adura Onashile's new play, Expensive Shit, takes place in two toilets " one in Glasgow and the other at Fela's legendary Lagos club. She talks about her bathroom sink dramaIn a nightclub toi…
Award winning playwright and performer Adura Onashile talks about her new play Expensive Shit and how to survive the Fringe
THE fun of covering Broadway is that, just when you think you’ve got the lay of the land, out of no where comes a show to shake up the terrain. A year ago, the buzz was all about ̶…
DON’T expect to sit on your butt or your hands at “Fela!” This rousing new bio-musical – full of the pulsating, rhythmic Afrobeat music for which its subject was famo…
Fela, the new musical based on the life and music of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre 230 West 49…
The Afrobeat king enjoys a resurgence in American pop culture.
Every weekend I'm going to post some of the youtube clips that I come across that I especially love -- those that give me goosebumps, touch my heart or make me laugh. Missed the Broadway pro…
The Tony Award-winning musical Fela!, currently playing at London's Royal National Theatre, will be seen around the world with screenings beginning Jan. 13.
Pop star Deborah Cox, who appeared on Broadway in Aida, has joined the lineup of the third annual Broadway in South Africa (BSA) concert, along with the cast of Broadway's Fela! and Tony Aw…
Michelle Obama is getting to be the First Lady of Broadway. The First Lady and six girlfriends took in a performance Thursday night of the musical "Fela!" produced by Stephen and Ruth Hende…
On Tuesday, September 28, FELA received Actors' Equity Association's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs ACCA fourth annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. The award, the only i…
Directed and choreographed by TonyAward-winner Bill T. Jones, FELA opened in LonDon Starring Sahr Ngaujah, who originated the role and currently appears in the Broadway production. Kevin Mam…
The Tony Award-nominated Afrobeat musical Fela!, which tells the story of late Nigerian musician and political figure Fela Anikulapo Kuti, will be broadcast live in cinemas early next year a…