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Jones">Bill T. Jones</a> and Jim Lewis, based on music and lyrics by the late Nigerian singer <a href="/wiki/Fela_Kuti" title="Fela Kuti">Fela Kuti</a>, with additional music by Aaron Johnson and <a href="/wiki/Jordan_McLean_(musician)" title="Jordan McLean (musician)">Jordan McLean</a> and additional lyrics by Jim Lewis. It is based on events in the life of groundbreaking <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigerian</a> composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. It portrays Kuti in the days when he was the target of 1,000 government soldiers assigned to end his public performances at the legendary <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a> nightclub The Shrine. </p><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><i><span class="summary">Fela!</span></i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:FelaLogo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/FelaLogo.jpg/220px-FelaLogo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/FelaLogo.jpg/330px-FelaLogo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/FelaLogo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="244"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><i>Fela!</i> logo</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fela_Kuti" title="Fela Kuti">Fela Kuti</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lyrics</th><td class="infobox-data">Fela Kuti</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Book_(musical_theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Book (musical theatre)">Book</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_T._Jones" title="Bill T. Jones">Bill T. Jones</a><br>Jim Lewis</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Productions</th><td class="infobox-data">2008 <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> <br> 2009 <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> <br> 2010 <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a> <br> 2011 World Tour <br> 2012 <a href="/wiki/Broadway_revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway revival">Broadway revival</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The musical ran <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> for one month in 2008. It premiered on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_Theatre" title="Eugene O'Neill Theatre">Eugene O'Neill Theatre</a> on November 23, 2009, and ran until January 2011. The Off-Broadway production won the <a href="/wiki/Lucille_Lortel_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucille Lortel Award">Lucille Lortel Awards</a> for Best Musical, Outstanding Choreographer for Bill T. Jones, and Outstanding Costume Design for Marina Draghici. The Broadway production received eleven <a href="/wiki/64th_Tony_Awards" title="64th Tony Awards">2010 Tony Award</a> nominations and won <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Choreography" title="Tony Award for Best Choreography">Best Choreography</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Costume_Design_in_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical">Best Costume Design in a Musical</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Sound_Design" title="Tony Award for Best Sound Design">Best Sound Design of a Musical</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tonys_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tonys-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Gibney" title="Alex Gibney">Alex Gibney</a>'s 2014 documentary film <i><a href="/wiki/Finding_Fela" title="Finding Fela">Finding Fela</a></i> followed aspects of the Broadway musical, and drew heavily on interviews with Jones.<sup id="cite_ref-Chicago_Reader_Jones_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chicago_Reader_Jones-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Productions"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Productions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Musical_numbers"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Musical numbers</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Response"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Response</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Disputes_and_lawsuits"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Disputes and lawsuits</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Plot"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Plot</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Awards_and_nominations"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Awards and nominations</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Original_Off-Broadway_production"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Original Off-Broadway production</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Original_Broadway_production"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Original Broadway production</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Original_London_production"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Original London production</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Productions">Productions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Fela!&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Productions" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p><i>Fela!</i> opened at the Off-Broadway <a href="/wiki/37_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="37 Arts">37 Arts</a> Theatre B on September 4, 2008, and closed on October 5, 2008. It was conceived by Bill T. Jones, Steve Hendel and Jim Lewis, directed and choreographed by Jones. The production was designed by Marina Draghici (scenery and costumes) Robert Wierzel (lighting) <a href="/wiki/Peter_Nigrini" title="Peter Nigrini">Peter Nigrini</a> (projection) and Robert Kaplowitz (sound). The cast featured <a href="/wiki/Sahr_Ngaujah" title="Sahr Ngaujah">Sahr Ngaujah</a> as Fela and Abena Koomson as <a href="/wiki/Funmilayo_Ransome-Kuti" title="Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti">Funmilayo</a>, Fela's mother.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> production began previews at the <a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_Theatre" title="Eugene O'Neill Theatre">Eugene O'Neill Theatre</a> on October 19, 2009, and opened officially on November 23. Again directed and choreographed by Jones, the cast included Ngaujah and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mambo" title="Kevin Mambo">Kevin Mambo</a> as Fela, <a href="/wiki/Saycon_Sengbloh" title="Saycon Sengbloh">Saycon Sengbloh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Williams_(singer)" title="Michelle Williams (singer)">Michelle Williams</a> as Sandra (Williams played Sandra in 2013) and <a href="/wiki/Lillias_White" title="Lillias White">Lillias White</a> as Funmilayo.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Patti_LaBelle" title="Patti LaBelle">Patti LaBelle</a> replaced Lillias White as Funmilayo on September 14, 2010. The production closed on January 2, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Broadway production received eleven <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> nominations, including one for Best Musical, the most of any production that season, along with the revival of <i><a href="/wiki/La_Cage_aux_Folles_(musical)" title="La Cage aux Folles (musical)">La Cage aux Folles</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For both productions, Kuti's music has been arranged and performed by the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Antibalas" title="Antibalas">Antibalas</a> and featuring the tenor saxophone soloist Stuart D. Bogie. </p><p>The London production, staged at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">National Theatre</a>'s Olivier Theatre, began previews on November 6, 2010, with an opening night on November 16. It ran in repertoire with other National Theatre productions, and was simulcast internationally in 2011 as part of <a href="/wiki/National_Theatre_Live" title="National Theatre Live">National Theatre Live</a>. Sahr Ngaujah and Kevin Mambo appeared in the cast,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Dele_Sosimi" title="Dele Sosimi">Dele Sosimi</a>, Fela's former keyboard player, reprising his own role. In 2011 a production ran at <a href="/wiki/Sadler%27s_Wells" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadler's Wells">Sadler's Wells</a> in London's <a href="/wiki/Islington" title="Islington">Islington</a>. </p><p><i>Fela!</i> toured in North America. Its opening performance was held in September 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Harman_Center_for_the_Arts" title="Harman Center for the Arts">Harman Center for the Arts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> The production opened in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> in October 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Canon_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon Theatre">Canon Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, starring Sahr Ngaujah and <a href="/wiki/Adesola_Osakalumi" title="Adesola Osakalumi">Adesola Osakalumi</a>, with a scheduled run until November 2011. From November to December 2011 it played at the <a href="/wiki/Curran_Theatre" title="Curran Theatre">Curran Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>. From December 2011 to January 2012 the production played in the <a href="/wiki/Ahmanson_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmanson Theater">Ahmanson Theater</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> Music Center, where it returned for a second run in April and May 2013. The musical had a limited return engagement on Broadway at the <a href="/wiki/Al_Hirschfeld_Theatre" title="Al Hirschfeld Theatre">Al Hirschfeld Theatre</a> from July 2012 to August 2012. The musical then continued on its world tour, playing in Australia, Japan, and a return to Africa, among other venues.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Musical_numbers">Musical numbers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Fela!&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Musical numbers" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Act I</dt></dl> <ul><li>"Everything Scatter" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li> <li>"Iba Orisa" (Traditional Yoruba chant) – Ismael, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li> <li>"Hymn" – Company and Band</li> <li>"Medzi Medzi" – Company and Band</li> <li>"Manteca" – Company and Band</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Got_the_Feelin%27" title="I Got the Feelin'">I Got the Feelin'</a>" <small>(<a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a>)</small> – Ismael and Company</li> <li>"The Clock/Originality" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li> <li>"Yellow Fever/Ikoyi Blindness" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li> <li>"Trouble Sleep" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Funmilayo and Company</li> <li>"Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Funmilayo and Company</li> <li>"Lover" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Sandra</li> <li>"Upside Down" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Sandra and Company</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Expensive_Shit" title="Expensive Shit">Expensive Shit</a>" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li> <li>"Pipeline" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li> <li>"I.T.T. (International Thief Thief)" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li> <li>"Kere Kay" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li></ul> <p><br> </p> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Act II</dt></dl> <ul><li>"Water No Get Enemy" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Sandra and Company</li> <li>"Egbe Mio" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Queens and Funmilayo</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shuffering_and_Shmiling" title="Shuffering and Shmiling">Suffering and Smiling</a>" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Queens</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Zombie_(album)" title="Zombie (album)">Zombie</a>" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li> <li>"Trouble Sleep" (Reprise) – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Funmilayo and Queens</li> <li>"Na Poi" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Queens</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sorrow_Tears_and_Blood" title="Sorrow Tears and Blood">Sorrow, Tears and Blood</a>" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li> <li>"Iba Orisa/Shakara" – Company and Band</li> <li>"Rain" – Funmilayo and Company</li> <li>"Coffin for Head of State" – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li> <li>"Kere Kay" (Reprise) – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Company</li></ul> <p> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Response">Response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Fela!&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Response" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>The 2008 Off-Broadway production received generally positive reviews. <a href="/wiki/Ben_Brantley" title="Ben Brantley">Ben Brantley</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> observed: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>This is music that gets into your bloodstream, setting off vibrations you'll live with for days to come.... If you set aside your basic nervous and circulatory systems, though, you might observe that by the standards of the well-made musical, <i>Fela!</i> leaves a lot to be desired. The structure of the book ... feels slapdash to the point of confusion. For all the impudence and exuberance of the wall-to-wall music ... a pious haze of <a href="/wiki/Hagiography" title="Hagiography">hagiography</a> hangs over the show, creating the blinkered view of a great man martyred. Yet the ascendancy of the music in <i>Fela!</i>, and the three-dimensional translation of it by Mr. Jones and his vibrant design team, makes such criticism irrelevant for as long as you're in your seat (or out of it, since the audience is regularly encouraged to stand and undulate). Mr. Jones and company have given us an African variation on the same theme [of the energetic rebel] that triumphantly stakes out its own pioneer territory in the expanding land of musicals.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>David Rooney of <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> stated: "What it lacks in structure and concision [it] makes up for in heat, energy and sensuality. Like last season's <i><a href="/wiki/Passing_Strange_(musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passing Strange (musical)">Passing Strange</a></i> and this summer's <i><a href="/wiki/Hair_(musical)" title="Hair (musical)">Hair</a></i> revival, this dance-intensive bio-portrait aims to be less traditional musical theater than cathartic experience, lacing its communicative passion with infectious euphoria, rebellious anger and heartfelt despair." The review added: "There perhaps could be more texture in the central character portrait, providing deeper insight into the radical showman, and anyone expecting a detailed life story may be disappointed. Fela's questionable attitudes toward women are suggested rather than explored, and his later life, his ongoing political activity and death from AIDS-related illness in 1997 are absent. [The action] is deftly integrated with Peter Nigrini's video projections to create a show that's invigoratingly messy, visceral and transporting."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Les Gutman of the internet magazine <i>CurtainUp</i> was even more enthusiastic, calling the musical "one of the most visually complete theatrical experiences imaginable" and a "true treasure".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The touring production received a positive review from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Globe_and_Mail" title="The Globe and Mail">The Globe and Mail</a></i>′s J. Kelly Nestruck, who cited Sahr Ngaujah's performance for particular praise, as "channelling the life force of the titular singer" in a "sweat-soaked performance". Nestruck observed that <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Lewis and Jones do focus on the more crowd-pleasing elements of Kuti's politics – his embrace of marijuana and attacks on militarism, corruption and corporate imperialism – while slightly brushing over the less palatable elements [...] His own sexually imperialist attitude toward women is underplayed in favour of an emphasis on his worship of his mother, an operatic, otherworldly presence voiced by Melanie Marshall.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Disputes_and_lawsuits">Disputes and lawsuits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Fela!&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Disputes and lawsuits" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>In July 2010, New York photographer <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Nance" title="Marilyn Nance">Marilyn Nance</a> sought damages from the show, claiming the unauthorized use of one of her images.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2010, writer and historian <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Moore_(writer)" title="Carlos Moore (writer)">Carlos Moore</a>, author of the 1982 authorized biography of Fela Kuti, <i>Fela, Fela! This Bitch of a Life!</i>, sued the producers of <i>Fela!</i> for copyright infringement,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and asked the courts to close the show.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2011, the lawsuit was settled out of court, and it was agreed that all playbills and associated materials would henceforth bear an acknowledgement stating that the musical was inspired by Moore's book.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Fela!&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Plot" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <p><i>Fela!</i> takes place around 1977, at the height of Fela Kuti's influence as a composer and performer in Nigeria. Kuti was an originator of the <a href="/wiki/Afrobeat" title="Afrobeat">Afrobeat</a> sound, and the musical opens with him addressing the audience from a concert at his club, the Afrika Shrine in Nigeria's largest city, <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>. Kuti indicates that the Afrika Shrine had become a hugely popular venue, and a gathering place for youth opposed to Nigeria's military dictatorship. As one critic describes much of the first half of the show: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It's part musicology lesson as Kuti explains how he discovered the Afrobeat sound by pulling together the drums from West African highlife and the ragged guitars from James Brown with traditional call-and-response vocals. As a front-man-in-training rambling around London in the early 1960s, he absorbed the influences of the two different shades of cool represented by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Kuti reveals how torn he is between his respect for the example set by his mother, Funmilayo, a teacher and Nigerian civil rights activist, and his quest for fame and sometimes hedonism. He gradually becomes more involved in open opposition to Nigeria's military regime, and his lyrics become overtly political. The regime responds to the provocation with increasingly violent retaliation. Kuti perseveres and releases <i><a href="/wiki/Zombie_(album)" title="Zombie (album)">Zombie</a></i>, an international hit openly critical of the Nigerian government. The show depicts the army raid of Kuti's compound (a commune he called Kalakuta Republic<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), reportedly by 1000 soldiers, which followed the release of <i>Zombie</i>. The raid culminates with the torture of Kuti, his wives and other commune residents, and the murder of his mother. The show concludes with a protest staged by Kuti in October 1979, accompanied by his family and members of the Young African Pioneers. The protest was held on the day before General <a href="/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo" title="Olusegun Obasanjo">Olusegun Obasanjo</a> was to retire from the Nigerian presidency for the first time. Kuti held Obasanjo responsible for his mother's death, and publicly defied the regime once again with his protest, leaving a symbolic coffin in front of Obasanjo's residence at the <a href="/wiki/Dodan_Barracks" title="Dodan Barracks">Dodan</a> army barracks. The show concludes with symbolic coffins being laid on the stage to protest injustices suffered by the people of Nigeria and throughout Africa. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Fela!&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_Off-Broadway_production">Original Off-Broadway production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Fela!&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Original Off-Broadway production" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable" width="95%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%">Year </th> <th width="20%">Award Ceremony </th> <th width="45%">Category </th> <th width="20%">Nominee </th> <th width="10%">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" align="center">2009 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award" title="Drama Desk Award">Drama Desk Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Musical" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical">Outstanding Musical</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Musical" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical">Outstanding Actor in a Musical</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sahr_Ngaujah" title="Sahr Ngaujah">Sahr Ngaujah</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Choreography" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography">Outstanding Choreography</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_T._Jones" title="Bill T. Jones">Bill T. Jones</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Orchestrations" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations">Outstanding Orchestrations</a> </td> <td>Aaron Johnson </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_Broadway_production">Original Broadway production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Fela!&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Original Broadway production" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable" width="95%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%">Year </th> <th width="20%">Award Ceremony </th> <th width="45%">Category </th> <th width="20%">Nominee </th> <th width="10%">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" align="center">2010 </td> <td rowspan="11"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Musical">Best Musical</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Book_of_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical">Best Book of a Musical</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_T._Jones" title="Bill T. Jones">Bill T. Jones</a> and Jim Lewis </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Performance_by_a_Leading_Actor_in_a_Musical" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical">Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sahr_Ngaujah" title="Sahr Ngaujah">Sahr Ngaujah</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Performance_by_a_Featured_Actress_in_a_Musical" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical">Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lillias_White" title="Lillias White">Lillias White</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Direction_of_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical">Best Direction of a Musical</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bill_T._Jones" title="Bill T. Jones">Bill T. Jones</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Choreography" title="Tony Award for Best Choreography">Best Choreography</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Orchestrations" title="Tony Award for Best Orchestrations">Best Orchestrations</a> </td> <td>Aaron Johnson </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Scenic_Design" title="Tony Award for Best Scenic Design">Best Scenic Design</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Marina Draghici </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Costume_Design" title="Tony Award for Best Costume Design">Best Costume Design</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Lighting_Design" title="Tony Award for Best Lighting Design">Best Lighting Design</a> </td> <td>Robert Weirzel </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Sound_Design" title="Tony Award for Best Sound Design">Best Sound Design</a> </td> <td>Robert Kaplowitz </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Musical_Show_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album">Best Musical Show Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_London_production">Original London production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Fela!&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Original London production" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable" width="95%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%">Year </th> <th width="20%">Award Ceremony </th> <th width="45%">Category </th> <th width="20%">Nominee </th> <th width="10%">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" align="center">2011 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurence Olivier Award">Laurence Olivier Award</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Award_for_Best_New_Musical" title="Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical">Best New Musical</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Musical" title="Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical">Best Actor in a Musical</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sahr_Ngaujah" title="Sahr Ngaujah">Sahr Ngaujah</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Award_for_Best_Theatre_Choreographer" title="Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer">Best Theatre Choreographer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_T._Jones" title="Bill T. Jones">Bill T. Jones</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Fela!&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Tonys-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Tonys_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html">"Who's Nominated?"</a>. <i>Tony Awards</i>. 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