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Friday, July 20, 2012

FELA WORLD TOUR? Is This Really Affiliated With the Anikulapo's or Nigeria as a Whole?


July 9 - August 4, Fela Anikulapo is being celebrated on broadway, around the United States of America and world wide to emphasize. I wonder if this is actually affiliated to the Anikulapo family, the successors; (Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti, just to mention a few) of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Baba 70!.
Fela On Broadway is a big show and now on world tour. Most highly recognized artist in the US, from musician like Jay Z and actor Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith as the presenter, hyped and shows so much interest in the renown Nigerian artist. Read More...share your thoughts please...


A provocative hybrid of concert, dance and musical theatre, FELA! features arrangements by Aaron Johnson and Antibalas with direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones. Now back on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre!
NOW ON BROADWAY—CRITIC’S PICK!
The Tony®-winning musical that shook Broadway to its core and took the world by storm is back for a limited time only. Don’t miss FELA!, now featuring members of both the original Broadway and National Theatre of London casts in a show that has played to critical acclaim around the globe.

CRITIC’S PICK!
Incorporates the spirit of summertime as infectiously as any show on Broadway. It isn’t just entertainment—
IT’S LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
-Ben Brantley, The New York Times
BRILLIANT, ORIGINAL, VISIONARY, THIS IS A FEAST THAT SHAKES, RATTLES AND ROLLS TO THE RAFTERS. NOW’s YOUR CHANCE TO SEE THIS INCREDIBLE SHOW.
-Roma Torre, NY1
JOLTING and JOYOUS, SHINES with GREATNESS. A SUMMER BLAST THAT GETS YOU ON YOUR FEET
-Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News
MODERN HIP-HOP WOULDN’T EXIST WITHOUT LATE MUSIC PIONEER FELA KUTI
-The View
HE WAS LIKE THE JAMES BROWN, BOB DYLAN AND MUHAMMAD ALI OF AFRICA ALL WRAPPED INTO ONE GUY
-Jimmy Fallon
HIS LIFE INSPIRED A NATION AND HIS SOULFUL AFRO BEAT RHYTHMS IGNITED A GENERATION
-Will Smith


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