Piggybacking on the coolness of the MET in HD series that has brought works from the Metropolitan Opera to venues nationwide—including our very own Paramount Theater—comes London’s National Theatre, "a groundbreaking initiative to broadcast the best of British theatre to screens around the world."
Shows that otherwise would not make a timely Charlottesville appearance but now will include Danny "Slumdawg" Boyle’s production of Frankenstein, Complicite’s A Disappearing Number and FELA!
While the exclamation point is part of the title of that last musical, it might as well be mine. Who knows how many hours I’ve spent on YouTube watching videos of Fela Kuti, master and progenitor of the infinite Nigerian sound, and a kinetic performer on the level of James Brown? I’m looking forward to seeing if they caught that energy onstage—and then, if that energy can survive being streamed over an ocean and broadcast on the big screen.
London’s National Theater brings musicals to the Paramount, including FELA!, the musical about Fela Kuti (below).
