.png)
2 hours ago
2 ARTICLE AD
Hell’s Kitchen, Broadway‘s Alicia Keys musical, will launch a North American multi-year tour this fall in Cleveland, producers announced today.
The tour, which will run simultaneously with the Broadway production at the Shubert Theatre, will visit more than 30 cities in its first year. The tour premiere will take place at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square this fall.
The tour was announced by AKW Productions.
Additional engagements for the tour’s first year will be announced in the next several months.
“Seeing Hell’s Kitchen on a Broadway marquee has fulfilled one of my earliest and most influential dreams as an artist and a New Yorker,” said Keys in a statement. “I’m overjoyed by the impact it has already had with audiences that truly mirror the world around us in New York and I am ecstatic that we can bring the show to so many incredible cities across the country.”
The musical, based on Keys’ life, follows the character of Ali, a 17-year-old girl searching for freedom, passion and her place in the world. As per the synopsis: “Rebellious and stifled by an overprotective single mother, Ali is lost until she meets her mentor: a neighbor who opens her heart and mind to the power of the piano.”
Hell’s Kitchen began performances on Broadway on Thursday, March 28, 2024 and opened on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at the Shubert Theatre. Prior to opening on Broadway, the musical, which features the songs of Keys, had its world premiere at The Public Theater on October 24, 2023 and had a five-week extension before closed its limited run on January 14, 2024.
