The run closed January 2, 2011
- Opened
- November 23, 2009
- Closed
- January 2, 2011
- Performances
- 463
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Of the 395 productions we hold that opened in the 2000s and record a performance count, this is the 48th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Fela! 3 more that season
| 2010 | Transfer Transfer | |
| 2011 | Transfer Transfer | |
| 2012 | Al Hirschfeld Theatre Return-Engagement · Niegel Smith | 28 perf. |
Who was in it23 named
Anne V Andre
Corey Baker
Hettie Vyrine Barnhill
Lauren de Veaux
Nicole Chantal de Weever
Rujeko Dumbutshena
Rasaan Elijah Talu Green
Shaneeka Harrell
Ismael Kouyate
Shakira Marshall
Maia Mckinney
Adesola Osakalumi
Jeffrey Page
Iris Wilson
Aimee Graham Wodobode
Patti Labelle
7 of these 23 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 16 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Bill T. Jones
- Choreographer
- Bill T. Jones
- Producer
- Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Will & Jada Pinkett Smith, Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Roy Gabay, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Edward Tyler Nahem, Slava Smolokowski, Ken Greiner and Chip Meyrelles, Douglas G. Smith, Steve Semlitz/ Cathy Glaser, Daryl Roth/ True Love Productions, Susan Dietz/ Mort Swinsky, and Knitting Factory Entertainment
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
Top right: Catherine Foster, Sahr Ngaujah, and Nicole de Weever in Fela! Opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre November 23, 2009 (photo by Monique Carboni) Theatre World 2009 2010 Season V 66 Willis, p. 20
- the scope of unique, thoughtful, daring, and amazingly entertaining shows that have come along in the past few years; shows that take chances by focusing on exotic musical styles (Fela! ), challenging and sometimes disturbing story lines (Next to Normal ), and innovative use of newer forms of music and dance (In the He… Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 3
- Fela! was the most original, refreshing, and different production to hit Broadway during the 2009 – 10 season, a show that the New York Times said “melts walls.” Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 355
- Fela!—based on the life of African-American composer Fela Anikulapo Kuti—was a musical sensation, and Dreamgirls had another noteworthy revival at the Apollo Theatre that went on to a successful national tour. Theatre World 2009 2010 Season V 66 Willis, p. 2
- The award for outstanding bonnet design went to the cast of Fela! for a huge turban of brightly colored African cloth. The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 2009 To May 2010 Sixth Viagas Robert New Yor, p. 400
- [tie]: Bill T. Jones, Fela! Sergio Trujillo, Memphis Outstanding Choreographer [tie]: Bill T. Jones, Fela! Sergio Trujillo, Memphis The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 2009 To May 2010 Sixth Viagas Robert New Yor, p. 406
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Fela! at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.