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Fela! / Gelan Lambert [theatrical performance]
- Title
- Fela! [Theatrical Performance]
- Performer
- Lambert, Gelan
- Published/Created
- 2009-11-23
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Eugene O'Neil Theater
- Abstract
- Musical Play, with Book by Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones; Music by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti; Lyrics by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti; Based on the life of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti; Conceived by Bill T. Jones, Jim Lewis and Stephen Hendel; Additional music by Aaron Johnson and Jordan McLean; Additional lyrics by Jim Lewis; Musical Director: Aaron Johnson; Music orchestrated by Aaron Johnson; Music arranged by Aaron Johnson
Directed by Bill T. Jones; Choreographed by Bill T. Jones; Associate Director: Niegel Smith; Associate Choreographer: Maija Garcia
Starring Kevin Mambo, alternating in the role of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, with Sahr Ngaujah.
Tap dancer Gelan Lambert plays the role of J.K. (Tap Dancer)
Opened November 23, 2009, Eugene O'Neill Theatre; ran 463 performances.
Nominee 2010 Tony Award® Best Musical
Produced by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith, Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Roy Gabay, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Edward Tyler Nahem, Slava Smolokowski, Ken Greiner & Chip Meyrelles, Douglas G. Smith, Steve Semlitz/Cathy Glaser, Daryl Roth/True Love Productions, Susan Dietz/Mort Swinsky, Knitting Factory Entertainment.
Nominee 2010 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical
Book by Jim Lewis, Bill T. Jones
Nominee 2010 Tony Award® Best Actor in a Musical
Sahr Ngaujah
Nominee 2010 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Lillias White
Winner 2010 Tony Award® Best Choreography
Bill T. Jones
Nominee 2010 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Musical
Bill T. Jones
Nominee 2010 Tony Award® Best Orchestrations
Aaron Johnson
Nominee 2010 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Scenic Design by Marina Draghici
Winner 2010 Tony Award® Best Costume Design of a Musical
Costume Design by Marina Draghici
Nominee 2010 Tony Award® Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Lighting Design by Robert Wierzel
Winner 2010 Tony Award® Best Sound Design of a Musical
Sound Design by Robert Kaplowitz
Winer 2010 Theatre World Award
Sahr Ngaujah
- Source
- Internet Broadway Database: Internet Broadway Database. http://www.ibdb.com/ ().
Last Updated: 12-16-2015