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| Alicia Keys |
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys is coming to Off-Broadway with
Hell's Kitchen, a new musical loosely based on her own life, beginning performances Oct. 24 at the Public Theater prior to a Nov. 19 opening. The score will consists of new material from Keys and her previous hits. The book is by Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristoffer Diaz (
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity). Tony nominee Michael Greif (
Rent) directs and Tony nominee Camille A. Brown (
for colored girls) provides the choreography. The story follows Ali, a 17-year-old girl living with her overprotective mother in a cramped Times Square apartment. Tensions are high between the two when Ali falls for a young drummer. Then, the girl hears a piano from a neighboring apartment and she begins to liberate herself through music. Newcomer Maleah Joi Moon will play Ali. The cast also includes Shoshana Bean (
Mr. Saturday Night) and Brandon Victor Dixon (
Hamilton).
