Can a Fela Kuti musical change British theatre's tune?

Bill T. Jones's all-singing, all-dancing show has brought genuine diversity to the heart of Broadway. Can it pull off the same trick in London?A few nights ago in midtown Manhattan, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre was full. There were lights hanging from the ceiling, political posters on the walls and African flags pinned along the top deck of the theatre. A band played on a stage was made of corrugated iron. It looked like a Harlem Jazz Club crossed with a rum shack in the Caribbean. This was Fela!,...

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