NewsPHOTO CALL: Fela! Actors Fund Benefit PerformanceThe Broadway production of Fela! offered a special Jan. 25 performance to benefit The Actors Fund, the not-for-profit social welfare organization for the entertainment industry.
By
Matthew Blank
January 28, 2010
Among those in the audience were a number of cast members from Memphis.
Fela!, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones, "welcomes audiences into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), the musical explores Kuti's controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician."