December 24, 2009

Zombie by FELA


Fela performing ZOMBIE at the Colbert report
”In this new musical audiences are welcomed into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), Fela!(the musical) explores Kuti’s controversial life as an artist, political activist and revolutionary musician. Featuring many of Fela Kuti’s most captivating songs and Bill T. Jones’s imaginative staging, this new show is a provocative hybrid of concert, dance and musical theater”
"Fela!" the musical, isn't like any other Broadway production. Yes, there's the singing and the dancing and the pretty girls. But the hero in this show is a pink-pantsuit-wearing, womanizing, saxophone-playing, joint-smoking, laugh-out-loud funny guy from Nigeria. And you're inside his Lagos nightclub, the Shrine.(source)
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