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Fela!
- Awards: Tony Award®: Best Choreography 2010 , Tony Award®: Best Costume Design of a Musical 2010 , Tony Award®: Best Sound Design of a Musical 2010
- Preview Date: October 19, 2009 Opening Date: November 23, 2009
Fela!, directed and choregraphed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones, welcomes audiences into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhytm and harmonies), the musical explores Kuti's controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician.
- » Title: Fela!
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Eugene O'Neill Theatre
230 West 49th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) - » Book by: Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis
- » Music by: Fela Anikulapo Kuti
- » Lyrics by: Jim Lewis
- » Directed By: Bill T. Jones
- » Scenic: Marina Draghici
- » Costume: Marina Draghici
- » Lighting: Robert Wierzel
- » Sound: Robert Kaplowitz
- » Stage Manager: Jon Goldman
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Accolades
- Tony Award®: Best Sound Design of a Musical 2010
- Tony Award®: Best Costume Design of a Musical 2010
- Tony Award®: Best Choreography 2010
Cast
- Original Cast: Sahr Ngaujah, Saycon Sengbloh, Lillias White, Antibalas, Corey Baker, Hettie Vyrine Barnhill, Lauren De Veaux, Nicole Chantal DeWeever, Elasea Douglas, Rujeko Dumbutshena, Catherine Foster, Rasaan Elijah "Talu" Green, Abena Koomson, Ismael Kouyaté, Gelan Lambert, Farai Malianga, Kevin Mambo, Shakira Marshall, Afi McClendon, Adesola Osakalumi, Jeffrey Page, Daniel Soto, J.L. Williams, Iris Wilson, Aimee Graham Wodobode
- Subsequent Cast: Patti LaBelle
Dates
- Preview Date: October 19, 2009
- Opening Date: November 23, 2009
- Closing Date: January 2, 2011
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