FELA! on Broadway—Opening Night! Featuring Jay-Z, Questlove and Spike Lee

http://www.felaonbroadway.com The opening night party for FELA! drew some of the biggest names in music including Shawn Jay-Z Carter and Questlove. See why the New York Times called the show "Hot (and seriously cool)!" For tickets call 212-239-6200 or visit Telecharge.com.

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• Fela
• Broadway
• musical
• afrobeat
• antibalas
• Nigeria
• performing arts
• theater
• theatre
• Jay-Z
• Questlove
• Spike
• Lee
• Jimmy
• Fallon
• fela
• kuti
• FELA!

[femre1]

Nigerians should be proud that Fela's legacy & ideology is finally in the global arena where it belongs. guys, nobody is exploiting fela, the mere fact that Fela is one of the major musicals on the broadway should be a thing of pride for nigerians and africans in general. for people complaining that it is not original enough, pls come off it, it's just a musical honouring the music, life and ideology of Fela or are we saying pple acting shakespare's play the world over are exploiting shakespare?

[SuperQueenofAfrica]

@femre1 i think what we nigerians dont like is that there are no nigerians on the show and there is no real representation of our own culture where fela came from which is yoruba culture.. however saying this if by this exposure others come to find the real thing in its wake that is a good thing.. when others who are not familiar with what fela was and who is was come to find the original recordings and original shrine performances , they can see the power of this man for themselves...

[everagej]

Couldn't find a person from the Motherland--Nigeria to oversea the choreography and musicianship of the show. HELL NO I WILL NOT SEE IT OR SUPPORT IT!!

[everagej]

Sorry, have a problem with a non-African doing the damn choreography. That's straight disrespect to FELA. I know there are Africans who could have choreographed the play. That's like having an African person do the choreography for Lord of the Dance--Irish Stepping. White people should learn you don't have to take over and impose yourself on someone else's culture to appreaciate it.

[SuperQueenofAfrica]

@Celebrityzmode the london production apparently had an entirely different feel to it as nigerians and yoruba were in it. but its not going to be possible to do that in the usa its okay it leads those new to our culture to explore it and to find the real deal eventually .. all roads eventually MUST LEAD TO ROME..

[SuperQueenofAfrica]

@IfImBeingHonest Yoruba ko , yoruba NI, awon too ti sonu kpata kpata !

[SuperQueenofAfrica]

@IfImBeingHonest hahaha you again NOIR AMERICAN? you dont give up do you poor thing, never mind your "son" is never going to rule africans SO GET OVER IT.. loser , troll, cloner, and pathetic WIMP.

[fempageantry]

Doesn't seem like Jay-Z's cup of tea of being an Actor, and standing in front of the background getting his picture taken with the Fela logo's.

[AFROTHINKER]

AFRICAN RENAISSANCE will only come from WITHIN EVERY AFRICAN.

It is one thing to be moved by a play and go back and face the same plight.

I must say that plays like this can triggers the level of consciousness but it has to come from within.

[queenmother123]

I wanted to see them last week but had important stuff to take care of. Hopefully they will tour again soon. :)

[IfImBeingHonest]

Fela was a proud Yoruba man. He makes me proud to be Yoruba. God Bless Nigeria. Gos Bless The World.