Fela!
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Previews Began: July 9, 2012
Opening Night: July 12, 2012
Closing Night: August 4, 2012
Music: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
Aaron Johnson
Jordan McLean
Lyrics: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
Jordan McLean
Book: Bill T. Jones
Jim Lewis
Using Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat music, Fela! tells the story of Kuti’s controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Everything Scatter……Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Company
Iba Orisa………Ismael, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Company
Medzi Medzi…………………………………..Company, Band
Mr. Syms………………………………………..Company, Band
Manteca…………………………………………Company, Band
I Got the Feeling…………………………..Ismael, Company
Originality/Yellow Fever…………Fela Anikulapo-Kuti,
Company
Trouble Sleep…………Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Funmilayo,
Company
Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense………..Funmilayo,
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti,
Company
Lover…………………………..Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Sandra
Upside Down………………Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Sandra,
Company
Expensive Shit………….Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Company
Pipeline……………………Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Company
I.T.T. (International Thief
Thief)……………………….Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Company
Kere Kay………………….Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Company
ACT TWO
Water No Get Enemy….Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Sandra,
Company
Egbe Mio…..Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Funmilayo, Queens
Shuffering and Shmiling…………..Fela Anikulapo-Kuti,
Queens
Zombie…………………….Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Company
Trouble Sleep (Reprise)……………Fela Anikulapo-Kuti,
Funmilayo, Queens
Na Poi………………………..Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Queens
Sorrow Tears and Blood…………..Fela Anikulapo-Kuti,
Company
Iba Orisa/Shakara………………………….Company, Band
Rain………………………………………..Funmilayo, Company
Coffin for Head of State……………Fela Anikulapo-Kuti,
Company
Kere Kay (Reprise)…………………..Fela Anikulapo-Kuti,
Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Adesola Osakalumi Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
(Alternate)
Sahr Ngaujah Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
Paulette Ivory Sandra
Melanie Marshall Funmilayo
Sherinne Kayra Anderson Ensemble
Jonathan Andre Ensemble
Cindy Belliot Ensemble
Nandi Bhebhe Ensemble
Catia Mota Da Cruz Ensemble
Nicole Chantal de Weever Ensemble
Jacqui Dubois Ensemble
Poundo Gomis Ensemble
Rasaan-Elijah Green Djembe-“Mustafa”
Ismael Kouyaté Ismael
Gelan Lambert Egungun
Tap Dancer
J.K. Braiman
Shakira Marshall Ensemble
Jeffrey Page Ensemble
Oneika Phillips Ensemble
Thierry Picaut Ensemble
Duain Richmond Ensemble
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
(Alternate)
Jermaine Rowe Ensemble
Daniel Soto Ensemble
Jill Marie Vallery Ensemble
Iris Wilson Ensemble
Aimee Graham Wodobode Ensemble
Swings: Wanjiru Kamuyu, Adé Chiké Torbert
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