Maija García
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FELA! on Broadway
Collaborators
Associate Choreography and Creative Director - Maija García
Music and Lyrics - Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Direction, Choreography, and Co-Author - Bill T. Jones
Co-Author and Associate Lyricist - Jim Lewis
Set and Costumes - Marina Draghici
Lighting Design - Robert Wierzel
Sound Design -Robert Kaplowitz
Orchestrations and Additional Music - Aaron Johnson
Additional Music - Jordan McLean
Projection Designer - Peter Nigrini
Location
Broadway, New York City - 2008-2012
Press
The Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated musical “captures the spirit of rebellion…that dwells within all of us” (The New York Times)
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Fela! is a jukebox musical with a book by Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis, based on music and lyrics by the late Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, with additional music by Aaron Johnson and Jordan McLean and additional lyrics by Jim Lewis. It is based on events in the life of groundbreaking Nigerian composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. It portrays Kuti in the days when he was the target of 1,000 government soldiers assigned to end his public performances at the legendary Lagos nightclub The Shrine.
The musical ran Off-Broadway for one month in 2008. It premiered on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on November 23, 2009, and ran until January 2011. The Off-Broadway production won the Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Musical, Outstanding Choreographer for Bill T. Jones, and Outstanding Costume Design for Marina Draghici. The Broadway production received eleven 2010 Tony Award nominations and won Best Choreography, Best Costume Design in a Musical, and Best Sound Design of a Musical.
