{"id":317,"date":"2023-12-05T11:46:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T08:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theateronline.ir\/en\/?p=317"},"modified":"2023-12-05T16:47:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T13:17:31","slug":"alicia-keyss-hells-kitchen-to-open-on-broadway-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theateronline.ir\/en\/alicia-keyss-hells-kitchen-to-open-on-broadway-this-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicia Keys\u2019s \u2018Hell\u2019s Kitchen\u2019 to Open on Broadway This Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Theater Online:<\/a> Alicia Keys\u2019s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age musical, \u201cHell\u2019s Kitchen,\u201d has been selling out night after night during its Off Broadway run at the Public Theater. Next up, to no one\u2019s surprise: The show is transferring to Broadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keys, a singer-songwriter who has sold millions of albums and has won 15 Grammy Awards, announced at a Public Theater fund-raiser on Monday night that the musical, which ends its 12-week downtown run on Jan. 14, will transfer to the Shubert Theater \u2014 one of Broadway\u2019s most desirable houses. The first preview is scheduled for March 28, and opening night is set for April 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m out of my mind with joy, excitement, thrill,\u201d Keys said in a telephone interview. She noted that her mother, as a teenager, had moved to New York from Ohio to pursue an acting career, and said she saw in this moment the arrival at a long-sought destination for her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe get to announce the ultimate dream \u2014 the dream that my mother chased from a little girl, that brought her here, which is the reason why I\u2019m here, which is the reason why this city raised me, and the reason why I can even tell this story,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHell\u2019s Kitchen,\u201d a loosely fictionalized story inspired by Keys\u2019s own childhood, depicts a short chapter in the life of a 17-year-old growing up surrounded by artists in a New York housing development where most of the units are subsidized for performers. The protagonist, a girl being raised by her single mother, discovers a love for piano, and an attraction to an adult man, while chafing at her mother\u2019s efforts to keep her safe in a gritty neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The musical features new arrangements of Keys\u2019s biggest hits, including \u201cFallin\u2019,\u201d \u201cGirl on Fire,\u201d \u201cNo One\u201d and \u201cEmpire State of Mind,\u201d as well as several new songs the pop star wrote for this show. Keys, who does not perform in \u201cHell\u2019s Kitchen,\u201d has been working on it for more than a decade with the playwright Kristoffer Diaz, who wrote the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an unusual move that demonstrates Keys\u2019s long determination to retain control of her own intellectual property and career arc, the musical\u2019s lead producer will be AKW Productions, which is a company Keys owns and describes as \u201cfocused on creating diverse, real, authentic and genuine stories in film, television, theater and music.\u201d Asked whether the stage production, like most commercial Broadway musicals, would also have investors, Keys said, \u201cYes, there\u2019s going to be some really special people that are coming along for the ride.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The musical is directed by Michael Greif, and choreographed by Camille A. Brown. The downtown cast is led by Maleah Joi Moon as the protagonist, joined by Shoshana Bean as the mother, Brandon Victor Dixon as the absentee father, and Kecia Lewis as the piano teacher. The Broadway cast has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reviews were mixed, with many critics praising the performances and the production but saying they wanted more from the story. Writing in The New York Times, the critic Jesse Green called the first act \u201cthrilling,\u201d but said it \u201cdisappoints after the mid-show break.\u201d In The Washington Post, the critic Peter Marks was underwhelmed, calling it \u201ca perfectly nice musical,\u201d but in The Los Angeles Times, the critic Charles McNulty was far more enthusiastic, writing, \u201cI was surprised by how rapturously I fell under the musical\u2019s spell.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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