Hell’s Kitchen, the musical based mostly loosely on the lifetime of Alicia Keys, is headed to Broadway this spring. The present, with a rating written by Keys and a e-book by Kristoffer Diaz, made its world premiere on the Public Theater on Nov. 19. The present will switch to the Shubert Theater on Broadway beginning March 28, with a gap evening on Apr. 20.
“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 identification: Who’re we? Who can we wish to be? Who’re we turning into?” Keys mentioned, per The Hollywood Reporter. “The rating options new songs that I’m actually excited to get out into the world alongside a lot of my album releases that you understand however you’ve by no means heard like this – rearranged and reinterpreted.”
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In accordance with its synopsis, Hell’s Kitchen tackles “societal points going through younger individuals about identification, belonging, and discovering your self,” together with navigating life and love. It follows 17-year-old Ali in a “cramped condo” off Instances Sq. as she strives towards the New York dream. “When Ali falls for a gifted younger drummer, each mom and daughter should face arduous truths about race, defiance, and rising up,” the synopsis reads. “Ali feels trapped, till the sound of a neighbor enjoying piano opens the door to an surprising friendship and a radically completely different future.”
The present is choreographed by Camille A. Brown and directed by Michael Greif, who beforehand directed Hire, Subsequent to Regular, and Expensive Evan Hansen. Key’s AKW Productions is a producer on the present.
The solid for the Broadway manufacturing has not but been introduced. Principal solid members for the Off-Broadway present are Maleah Joi Moon, Shoshana Bean, Chris Lee, Kecia Lewis, and Brandon Victor Dixon.
The musical takes over the Shubert Theater from Some Like It Scorching, which introduced it would shut Dec. 30.
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