Alicia Keys is following Jay-Z and Will Smith into the world of Broadway producers.
Keys, whose hits include “Fallin'” and “A Woman’s Worth,” will help produce Lydia R. Diamond’s play “Stick Fly” this fall.
“Stick Fly” is a contemporary comedy about an affluent black family whose insecurities gradually reveal themselves during a vacation to Martha’s Vineyard.
“I’m passionate about this play because it is so beautifully written and portrays black America in a way that we don’t often get to see in entertainment,” Keys said. “I know it will touch all audiences who will find a piece of themselves somewhere inside this house.”
So far the play has had limited performances in Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
The director will be Kenny Leon, whose Broadway production of “Fences” earned 10 Tony Award nominations. His other credits include “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Radio Golf.”
In 2009, Jay-Z, Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith joined the producing team of the musical “Fela!,” the show about Afrobeat superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
