ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

#1

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 1/12/10 at 8:53pm

Saw this stunning, inventive, electric production for the first time last Sunday and haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. Can we PLEASE get a cast recording other than the couple of songs that were recorded off Broadway?

Anyone else want to share the love?

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#2

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 1/12/10 at 10:11pm

I'm all for this thread! I loved this show!!!

#3

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 1/12/10 at 10:26pm

Cast recording, please.

#4

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 1/13/10 at 1:33pm

everybody say "yeah, yeah!"

love, love, love, love this show!! i hope it wins 'best musical', but i'm worried it might get overshadowed by 'american idiot'.

cast recording asap!!

btw piraguaguy, you have now started two fo my favorite threads, this one and the video gamers thread.

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"the stage too must experiment - with ideas, with the psychological relationship of men and women, with speech and rhythm forms, with dance and movement, with color and light - or it must and should become a museum product. in an age of terrific implications as to wealth and poverty, as to the function of government, as to peace and war, as to the relation of the artist to all these forces, the theatre must grow up. the theatre must become conscious of the implications of the changing social order, or the changing social older will ignore, and rightly, the implications of the theatre." - hallie flanagan, director of the federal theatre project
*blame e.e. mings*

#5

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 1/13/10 at 4:00pm

I will gladly share my love!!!! And a cast recording, Please!

Updated On: 1/13/10 at 04:00 PM

#6

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/5/10 at 8:24am

Everybody say Yeah !!!!!!!!!!

Congrads on the Tony noms ! And can't wait for the OBCR !

#7

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/5/10 at 8:38am

The Original Cast Album will be released on June 8th, Knitting Factory Records.....Distribution by Sony; The Kevin Mambo version to follow in June

#8

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/13/10 at 8:50am

Yes, And you can preview now ! Water No Get Enemy is a standout to me . But the whole OBCR sounds great !

http://www.felaonbroadway.com/

#9

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/13/10 at 1:19pm

Congrads Sahr on the Theatre World Award ! And hopefully more to follow , and you sound great on the OBCR !

#10

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/15/10 at 11:25am

Since this is a "Love Thread", I hope that those that have seen it can provide seating advice.

I can get either seat A-1 (First Row Left on the aisle) or L-106 (13 rows back in the center). I looked at the video clips and it seems like a lot going on and that being further back might be better. I recall from "Spring Awakening" that the Eugene O'Neill stage is low however.

Thanks for your help.

#11

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/15/10 at 11:37am

Steve2- Both seats are great! I sat in that exact seat (A-1) and loved it! You are really in the action and it feels like you are truly in the club. You do miss some projection action on the side, but it is nothing too important. Also if you do not like cast interaction this in not the seat for you, as you'll most likely be asked to dance etc. The other seat is good too. There you can see the overview of everything, but it loses some of the energy from being in the front row.

#12

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/17/10 at 8:03am

Nice interview with Sahr.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/theater/theaterspecial/16sahr.html?ref=theater

#13

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/20/10 at 8:05am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/SOUND_OFF_Zombie_Alive_FELA_Original_Broadway_Cast_Recording_201005

Everybody say Yeah Yeah ! I can't stop listening to the OBCR on their website ! Great to hear that I'm not alone !



If you buy one cast recording this Broadway season, let it be FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording. You'll thank me. I am thankful that we at least have one exceptional cast recording for the annals this score-poor season and this is it.

Updated On: 5/20/10 at 08:05 AM

#14

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/20/10 at 11:56am

http://www.knittingfactoryrecords.com/artists/fela-cast-recording-broadway/news/fela-cd-release-in-store-performance-at-borders

Fela ! CD Release and In-store performance , Borders June 18th !

#15

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/21/10 at 5:21pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_FELA_Producers_Honor_FELA_at_The_Palm_20100521

#16

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 5/26/10 at 8:17am

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139725-Recording-of-Fela-Now-Available-at-Eugene-ONeill-Theatre-Playbillcom-Offers-Exclusive-Audio-Clip

#17

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 6/7/10 at 11:58am

Great feature story in the Boston Globe yesterday .

http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2010/06/06/fela_culture_blossoms_from_music_broadway/

Updated On: 6/7/10 at 11:58 AM

#18

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 6/8/10 at 8:33am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FELA_Records_Cast_Album_Today_Gets_68_Release_20100608

$9.00 on i-tunes, also interview with lillias and sahr hanging in his dressing room . Yeah , Yeah !

https://www.broadway.com/shows/fela/buzz/152631/the-diva-is-in-felas-lillias-white-answers-and-sings-your-burning-questions/
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/awards/tony-awards/shows/fela/152625/everybody-say-yea-yea-to-sahr-ngaujahs-eclectic-fela-digs/

Updated On: 6/8/10 at 08:33 AM

#19

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 6/9/10 at 9:12am

Nice article, about the taping of the show in London and tour . And loving the OBCR !!!!!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/06/fela-coming-to-movie-theaters-ahead-of-national-tour.html

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Updated On: 6/9/10 at 09:12 AM

#20

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:39pm

2010 Astaire Awards , Congrads Bill and the Female Ensemble !!!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Vereen_Hosts_the_2010_Astaire_Awards_20100608

#21

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:45pm

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/06/vulture_exclusive_felas_origin.html



Zombie , from the OBCR . Yeah , Yeah !

#22

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 6/10/10 at 10:33am

"Unlikely fan brings Fela to Broadway " , Yeah , Yeah !!!!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/theater/10hendel.html?pagewanted=1&sq=Steve%20Hendel&st=nyt&scp=1

Updated On: 6/10/10 at 10:33 AM

#23

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 6/11/10 at 4:26am

Nice chat with the Jada Pinkett Smith , Go Fela !



http://www.bvonmovies.com/2010/06/10/jada-pinkett-smith-hawthorne-karate-kid-fela/

#24

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 6/11/10 at 3:30pm

Hoping all there work pays off !!!!


http://blogs.wnyc.org/micropolis/2010/06/10/jay-z-beyonce-will-smith-fela-ai%0Ams-for-the-tonys/

#25

ORIGINAL, NO ARTIFICIALITY: The Fela! Love Thread

Posted: 6/12/10 at 10:55am

Agelique Kidjo cover of the Curtis Mayfield classic "Move On Up", with Bono, John Legend and the Fela dancers .



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emhuffpost-video-debutem_b_600218.html