NT Live: FELA! January 30, 2011

FELA! [Director & Choreographer: Bill T. Jones]
FELA! is a new musical directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones, in which audiences are welcomed into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rythm and harmonies), FELA! explores Kuti's controversial life as an artist, political activisit, and revolutionary musician. A three-time Tony Award winner in 2010, this production arrives at the National direct from Broadway.

NT Live Series:
UMS and the Michigan Theater join forces again to bring high-definition screenings of live theater broadcasts by the National Theater, London. NT Live broadcasts plays produced by the National Theater in London onto cinema screens worldwide. In the US, these "live" screenings are delayed to accommodate the time difference. Broadcasts will feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the actors.