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Using Fela Kuti's Afrobeat music, Fela! tells the story of Kuti's controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician.

: Composer and Lyricist
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti

: Librettist
Jim Lewis

: Librettist
Bill T. Jones

Premiere
2012

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Eugene O'Neill Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 19, 2009

Total Performances: 463

Original Cast: Kevin Mambo, Sahr Ngaujah, Saycon Sengbloh, Lillias White, Anne V. Andre, Corey Baker, Hettie Vyrine Barnhill, Lauren De Veaux, Nicole Chantal de Weever, Rujeko Dumbutshena, Rasaan Elijah "Talu" Green, Shaneeka Harrell, Ismael Kouyaté, Gelan Lambert, Shakira Marshall, Afi McClendon, Maia McKinney, Adesola Osakalumi, Jeffrey Page, Daniel Soto, Jill M. Vallery, Iris Wilson, Aimee Graham Wodobode

Director: Bill T. Jones

Choreographer: Bill T. Jones

Producer: Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Roy Gabay, Edward Tyler Nahem, Slava Smolokowski, Chip Meyrelles/Ken Greiner, Susan Dietz/Margaret Selby, Steve Semlitz/Cathy Glaser, Daryl Roth/True Love Productions and Knitting Factory Entertainment

Musical Director: Aaron Johnson

Orchestrations: Aaron Johnson

Scenic Design: Marina Draghici

Costume Design: Marina Draghici

Lighting Design: Robert Wierzel

Sound Design: Robert Kaplowitz

2012 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Opening Night: July 12, 2012

Total Performances: 20

Original Cast: Sahr Ngaujah, Paulette Ivory, Melanie Marshall, Adesola Osakalumi, Sherinne Kayra Anderson, Jonathan Andre, Cindy Belliot, Nandi Bhebhe, Catia Mota Da Cruz, Nicole Chantal de Weever, Jacqui Dubois, Poundo Gomis, Rasaan-Elijah Green, Ismael Kouyaté, Gelan Lambert, Shakira Marshall, Jeffrey Page, Oneika Phillips, Thierry Picaut, Duain Richmond, Jermaine Rowe, Daniel Soto, Jill Marie Vallery, Iris Wilson, Aimee Graham Wodobode

Director: Bill T. Jones

Choreographer: Bill T. Jones

Producer: Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith, Ruth and Stephen Hendel, The Royal National Theatre (Nicholas Hytner, Director), Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Fela LLC, Roy Gabay, Edward Tyler Nahem, Slava Smolokowski, Ken Greiner & Chip Meyrelles, Douglas G. Smith, Steve Semlitz/Cathy Glaser, Daryl Roth/True Love Productions, Susan Dietz/M. Swinsky/J. Deitch and Knitting Factory Entertainment

Musical Director: Aaron Johnson

Orchestrations: Aaron Johnson

Scenic Design: Marina Draghici

Costume Design: Marina Draghici

Lighting Design: Robert Wierzel

Sound Design: Robert Kaplowitz

Musical Numbers

Everything Scatter

Iba Orisa

Medzi Medzi

Mr. Syms

Manteca

I Got the Feeling

Originality/Yellow Fever

Trouble Sleep

Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense

Lover

Upside Down

Expensive Shit

Pipeline

I.T.T. (International Thief Thief)

Kere Kay

Water No Get Enemy

Egbe Mio

Shuffering and Shmiling

Zombie

Na Poi

Sorrow Tears and Blood

Iba Orisa/Shakara

Rain

Coffin for Head of State

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CDs

: Original Broadway Cast Album

Other

2011 Grammy Award Nominations

Best Musical Show Album

2010 Tony Award Nominations

Best Choreography
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical - Sahr Ngaujah
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical - Lillias White
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Orchestrations
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Lighting Design of a Musical

2010 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding Choreographer
Outstanding New Broadway Musical

2009 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations

Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Choreographer
Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Lead Actor - Sahr Ngaujah
Outstanding Scenic Design - Marina Draghici