Alicia Keys’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Musical Announces Broadway Cast
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Alicia Keys’ off-Broadway Public Theater musical, Hell’s Kitchen, has announced its Broadway cast.
According to Deadline, the celebrated cast of the off-Broadway show will transition to “The Great White Way” after numerous rave reviews in Fall of 2023. Cast members Chris Lee, Maleah Joi Moon, Shoshana Bean, Kecia Lewis, and Brandon Victor Dixon are all expected to make the leap.
The behind-the-scenes creative team for Hell’s Kitchen includes Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown handling choreography, with Tony Award nominee Michael Greif responsible for the show’s direction. Hell’s Kitchen also features classic and new original songs from the GRAMMY award-winning musician and Adam Blackstone. Additional castings for the play will be announced at a later date, the outlet reports.
Alicia Keys talked about the critically acclaimed musical in an interview with VIBE. While the show isn’t an autobiography, she detailed how her journey inspired the play’s characters and themes.
“The characters are definitely inspired by the city, inspired by my experiences of individuals and people. And I think that’s what gives it the richness and the relatability that you experience when you come,” she said. “To me, that’s why it feels so good, how art does imitate life because you’re able to take the experiences, those fundamentals, those emotions, those connections, those layered, complex behaviors of humanity and put it all together into these stories that really, really hit you.”
Hell’s Kitchen premiered in October 2023 to rave reviews. The show was scheduled to run until December. However, the musical received a five-week extension to continue through mid-January.
Previews for the Broadway show will begin at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre on Thursday (March 28). The opening night for the adaptation will be on Saturday (April 20).
Elsewhere, Keys and her husband, Swizz Beatz, offered a private first look at their Giants: Art from The Dean Collection. The limited exhibit was held at the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday night (Feb. 6).
The married couple invited their close friends and family to witness the presentations and fine art created by African Diaspora artists. Pictures from the event show entertainers such as Fabolous, Westside Gunn, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tierra Whack, and more attending the show.
Giants: Art from The Dean Collection celebrated Black art through photos, metal work, sculptures and more. The exhibit highlighted the couple’s philosophy of “artists supporting artists.”
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