Flocking to ‘Fela’
Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Legit News: Legit opening draws red-carpet crowd in Gotham -- Producers Will and Jada Pinkett Smith didn't show up to the opening of Broadway musical "Fela!"
Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Legit News: Legit opening draws red-carpet crowd in Gotham -- Producers Will and Jada Pinkett Smith didn't show up to the opening of Broadway musical "Fela!"
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Line Out (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The most interesting thing in the NYT review about the Broadway musical Feli! ? Not this... True, this kinetic portrait of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, a Nigerian revolutionary of song, has taken on some starry producers — including Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith — and shed 15 or 20 minutes since it was staged Off Broadway last year. ...or this: For there has never been anything...
NigerianMuse Articles (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
this kinetic portrait of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, a Nigerian revolutionary of song, has taken on some starry producers including Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith and shed 15 or 20 minutes since it was staged Off Broadway last year. But it has also acquired greater focus, clarity and intensity. In a season dominated by musical retreads and revivals, “Fela!,”...
Celebritology (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Headlines: Martha Stewart apologizes for dissing Rachael Ray... Brangelina gave $6.4 million to charity in 2008... the same year, Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith gave $70,000 to Scientology groups... ABC flooded with complaints about Adam Lambert's AMA performance; citing artistic freedom, Lambert remains unapologetic... J.Lo says her AMA fall was intentional... Courteney Cox set to return to...
Watch Us Explode! (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Continuing Brandon Wilson’s countdown of Spike Lee’s 10 Worst Female Characters, via his Twitter page… I posted #8 (Sloane Hopkins, played by Jada Pinkett Smith in Bamboozled), #9 (Clarke Betancourt, played by Cynda Williams in 1990’s Mo’Better Blues), and #10 (Betty Shabazz, portrayed by Angela Bassett in Spike’s 1992 magnum opus Malcolm X) earlier in the [...]...
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Thankfully by opening their wallets and not their mouths. (Not that there is anything wrong with their musical stylings, but c'mon, this is Broadway! Some people just don't belong!) Sources are saying that Jay-Z, along with Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith are investing their hard-earned dollars into the much talked about Broadway [...]
ProHipHop - Hip Hop Marketing & Business News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
JAY-Z AND WILL & JADA PINKETT SMITH TO PRESENT FELA! ON BROADWAY Best Buy Teams With Monster and Beats by Dr. Dre to Launch Club Beats BrandMakerNews Presents The Brand Universe of Kanye West Project 2050 Launches Music Design Lab Curated by World Renowned Author and...
Frugal Upstate (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
If you have kids in your house, I’m sure you’ve already heard of the “Madagascar” movie franchise. Zoo animals~voiced by folks like Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith and Andy Richter~are lost in the wilds of Madagascar. Madcap adventures ensue that are equally entertaining for children and adults. Well folks, there is a new Christmas [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Rapper JAY-Z and Hollywood couple WILL SMITH and JADA PINKETT SMITH have signed on to co-produce upcoming Broadway musical FELA!, about the life of revered African world...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Jay-Z is co-producing a Broadway musical about a Nigerian musician and political activist. The 39-year-old rapper is producing ‘Fela!’ – a play based on the life of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who is credited as one of the founders of afrobeat and who died in 1997 – with Hollywood couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. Jay-Z, whose artistic [...]
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Fela! Is a forthcoming Broadway musical that is based on the extraordinary life of the Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti. Brian Eno once memorably said : "There were three great beats in the '70s: Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, James Brown's funk and Klaus Dinger's NEU!-beat." The show opens on Nov. 23, and it has just been announced that Jay-Z will work as a producer on Fela! , providing some much-needed...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have officially signed on as co-producers of "Fela!," a musical about Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti that opens Monday (November 23) on Broadway.
Celebrity - Female First (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Jay-Z is co-producing a Broadway musical about a Nigerian musician and political activist.The 39-year-old rapper is producing 'Fela!' - a play based on the life of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who is credited as one of the founders of afrobeat and who died in 1997 - with Hollywood couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. Jay-Z - whose artistic involvement...
Music Is The Heart Of Our Soul (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
It's called Merry Madagascar Christmas Special because now it's up to Madagascar team to deliver Christmas on time. The team has to deliver Christmas Presents on time. Madagascar Christmas special is an all-new holiday special TV show featuring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Cedric The Entertainer, Andy Richter and Carl Reiner. It is based on "Madagascar"...