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Fela!

Bill T. Jones to Direct and Choreograph Fela! Off-Broadway

"Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones will direct and choreograph the world premiere of Fela!, a new musical based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Featuring a book by Jones and Jim Lewis, Fela! will feature Kuti's music performed live onstage by the band Antibalas and other members of the New York Afrobeat community. Its limited off-Broadway run begins previews at 37 Arts on July 29 with opening night set for September 4, and will play through September 21."

Read Article at Broadway.com
Read Notice in New York Times
For more information and tickets, visit FelaOffBroadway.

Upcoming Performances

Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray
February 12, 2010
SUNY Purchase
Purchase, NY
914.251.6200
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Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray
February 25, 2010
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
812.855.1103
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Serenade/The Proposition
February 28, 2010
Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI
414.382.6044
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Repertory
March 16, 2010
Teatro Ariosto
Reggio Emilia, Italy
(39) 0522.458854
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Bill's Blog

◊ Happy New Year!
January 6, 2010

...I quoted what the young Rabbi said at the memorial for Arnie Zane in April of 1988: "The day is long, the work is great, we're not obliged to finish the task, but neither are we allowed to ignore it." This was a condolence to family and friends as we honored a young, talented man whose life had abruptly ended.