The fabulous Amber Iman, who most recently dazzled in Broadway's short-lived Lempicka, plays a Kenyan musical deity on the prowl at an Afro-jazz nightclub in this original musical conceived and directed by the Public's resident Saheem Ali, with a book by Jocelyn Bioh (Jaja's African Hair Braiding) and songs by the composer and former Late Show bassist Michael Thurber. Iman originated her role—the goddess Marimba, masquerading as a singer named Nadira—in the show's 2022 premiere at Berkeley Rep; her co-stars this time are Austin Scott as a sax pistol who strikes Nadira's fancy, Destinee Rea as his fiancée and J Paul Nicholas as the father who wants him to go into the family business: politics. The choreography is by Darrell Grand Moultrie, and Nick Rashad Burroughs and Arica Jackson play the comic second couple.
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Details
- Event website:
- publictheater.org
- Address
- Public Theater
- 425 Lafayette St
- New York
- 10003
- Cross street:
- between Astor Pl and E 4th St
- Transport:
- Subway: N, R to 8th St–NYU; 6 to Astor Pl
- Price:
- $113–$185
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