by Jeroslyn JoVonn
December 5, 2023
Singer Alicia Keys’ “Hell’s Kitchen” musical may have a brand new residence on Broadway for the Spring 2024 showings.
Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen musical may have a brand new residence for the Spring 2024 performances.
The musical, based mostly on the music of the Grammy-winning singer has completed its run at The Public Theater and can transfer to Broadway’s Shubert Theatre starting March 28, TheaterMania studies. This comes forward of its April 20 opening for 2024.
Keys’ coming-of-age musical is predicated on her teenage years dwelling inside a federally sponsored Instances Sq. residence complicated in New York Metropolis. The musical follows 17-year-old Ali as she makes a number of life-changing discoveries within the Large Apple.
It consists of lots of Keys’ timeless hits together with “Woman on Fireplace,” “Fallin’,” and “Empire State of Thoughts.” The musical’s off-Broadway run was hailed by critic Zachary Stewart as, “simply one of the best new musical on the Public since Hamilton.”
With a rating by Keys and a guide by Kristoffer Diaz, Michael Greif directed the music, and Camille A. Brown served as choreographer. Keys’ AKW Productions is a producer on the present.
Casting for the Broadway run might be introduced forward of its Spring 2024 debut. The Off-Broadway solid included Shoshana Bean, Maleah Joi Moon, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis, Chris Lee, and Vanessa Ferguson, by way of The Hollywood Reporter. The design workforce on the musical consists of scenic design by Robert Brill, costume design by Dede Ayite and lighting design by Natasha Katz.
“Good issues take time and for 13 years, I’ve been dreaming, growing and discovering inspiration for a musical based mostly on my expertise rising up in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. Hell’s Kitchen is impressed by my life, nevertheless it’s not a biographical story. It’s a narrative about household relationships and id: Who’re we? Who will we wish to be? Who’re we turning into?” Keys stated.
“The rating options new songs that I’m actually excited to get out into the world alongside lots of my album releases that you understand however you’ve by no means heard like this – rearranged and reinterpreted.”
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