A scene from Fela!, starring Sahr Ngaujah.By Hap ErsteinThis season’s Tony Award nominations were announced this morning. So let the gripes and snipes begin, as well as the closing notices for the snubbed shows.No one -- except the consistently upbeat Tonys, a marketing cheerleader for New York’s commercial theater -- is going to try and claim that this was a … [Read more...]
Bulletin from Broadway No. 7: ‘Fela!’
Sahr Ngaujah in Fela!By Hap ErsteinMy season-end Broadway visit is coming to a close, and it is fair to say it has been a surprisingly strong year for plays and a pretty disappointing one for musicals.Tony Award nominations get announced Tuesday and the committee is going to have to be pretty creative to fill some of the musical categories. (There are only two musicals … [Read more...]