Destiny's Child star
Michelle Williams is currently playing Sandra Isadore in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical
Fela! Tony Award winner
Bill T. Jones (
Spring Awakening) directed and choreographed the musical, which features a book by Jones and Jim Lewis and utilizes Nigerian musician-activist Anikulapo-Kuti's own music. After singing a preview of the song "Lover," Williams, along with co-stars Duain Richmond,
Adesola Osakalumi and Melanie Marshall, talk to Playbill about how they first became aware of Fela Kuti's music, and why they think it's still popular today. For more information on the national tour of
Fela!, click
here.