Win FELA! Broadway Tickets at Blurt

Our latest contest will put you in the seats for one of the most acclaimed musicals currently playing on Broadway.

By Blurt Staff

BLURT is pleased to announce our latest contest: a pair of tickets to the FELA! musical, currently playing on Broadway to rave reviews.

Based on the life of groundbreaking African composer and performer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, FELA! is the critically acclaimed Broadway musical that uses Afrobeat music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies) to explore Fela Kuti's life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician. 

Directed and choreographed by Tony^® Award winner Bill T. Jones, with arrangements by Aaron Johnson and Antibalas, FELA! is a provocative hybrid of concert, dance and musical theatre.  It's presented by Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. USA Today called it "one of this decade's most exhilarating Broadway musicals," while the New York Times said "There has never been anything like this on Broadway." You can view the promotional video for it, below.

The musical is playing at NYC's Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 w.49^th St.) and full details can be viewed at www.felaonbroadway.com. You can also check out a special discount offer for orchestra and mezzanine tickets for certain days by following this link.

So like we said, we want to put YOU and a friend in seats at FELA! - all you have to do is go to our contest page here and fill out the form. Second prize will be a FELA! DVD/CD combo, with third prize a FELA! tote bag.

Starting last fall, there's been quite a surge in interest in the Afro-beat pioneer, with the Knitting Factory label releasing The Best of the Black President CD/DVD and launching an extensive reissue campaign of Fela's huge back catalog - read the details, along with Fela's story, here -and of course the FELA! play itself, which opened last November. As the Knitting Factory's Ian Wheeler told BLURT, "A lot of folks just seem to be finding Fela moreso than in the past. It's odd and feels almost spiritual in light of the musical especially. It feels like some external force is drawing everyone towards Fela at once."