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''Fela!'' is a 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 and premiered on Broadway on November 23, 2009. 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 of a Musical, and Best Sound Design of a Musical. ==Productions== ''Fela!'' opened at the Off-Broadway 37 Arts Theatre B on September 4, 2008, and closed on October 5, 2008. It was conceived by Bill T. Jones, Steve Hendel and Jim Lewis, directed and choreographed by Jones, and scenic and costume designs were by Marina Draghici. The cast featured Sahr Ngaujah as Fela and Abena Koomson as Funmilayo, Fela's mother.〔Gans, Andrew. ("Most Happy Fela!: New Musical Extends Off-Broadway Run" ), playbill.com, September 12, 2008.〕 The Broadway production began previews at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on October 19, 2009, and opened officially on November 23. Again directed and choreographed by Jones, the cast included Ngaujah and Kevin Mambo as Fela, Saycon Sengbloh and Michelle Williams as Sandra (Williams played Sandra in 2013) and Lillias White as Funmilayo.〔Hetrick, Adam. ("Afrobeat Musical Fela! Opens On Broadway Nov. 23" ) playbill.com, November 23, 2009〕 Patti LaBelle replaced Lillias White as Funmilayo on September 14, 2010. The production closed on January 2, 2011.〔Gans, Andrew.("Patti LaBelle Will Step into Fela! in September; Musical to Close in January" ) playbill.com, August 12, 2010〕〔Blank, Matthew.("Fela! Closing night in New York" ) playbill.com, January 3, 2011.〕 The Broadway production received eleven Tony Award nominations, including one for Best Musical, the most of any production that season, along with the revival of ''La Cage aux Folles''.〔(Nominees for Tony Awards, 2010 ) tonyawards.com〕〔Gans, Andrew and Jones, Kenneth.(2010 "Tony Nominations Announced; Fela! and La Cage Top List" ) playbill.com, May 4, 2010.〕 For both productions, Kuti's music has been arranged and performed by the Brooklyn-based Antibalas and featuring the tenor saxophone soloist Stuart D. Bogie. The London production, staged at the National Theatre's Olivier Theatre, began previews on November 6, 2010, with an opening night on November 16. It ran in repertoire with other National Theatre productions, and was simulcast internationally in 2011 as part of National Theatre Live. Sahr Ngaujah and Kevin Mambo appeared in the cast,〔("'Fela!' listing" ) nationaltheatre.org.uk〕 as well as Dele Sosimi, Fela's former keyboard player, reprising his own role. In 2011 a production ran at Sadler's Wells in London's Islington. ''Fela!'' toured in North America. Its opening performance was held in September 2011 at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. The production opened in Canada in October 2011 at the Canon Theatre in Toronto, starring Sahr Ngaujah and Adesola Osakalumi, with a scheduled run until November 2011. From November to December 2011 it played at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. From December 2011 to January 2012 the production played in the Ahmanson Theater of the Los Angeles Music Center, where it returned for a second run in April and May of 2013. The musical had a limited return engagement on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre from July 2012 to August 2012. The musical then continued on its world tour, playing in Australia, Japan, and a return to Africa, among other venues.〔Bacalzo, Dan.("'Fela!' to Return to Broadway for Summer Run at Al Hirschfeld Theatre" ) theatermania.com, June 11, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fela!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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