Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen Sets Closing Date on Broadway; Brandon Victor Dixon Will Return
The musical, inspired by Keys’ own life, opened at the Shubert Theatre in 2024.
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The Alicia Keys musical Hell’s Kitchen will play its final performance at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre February 22.
The production will also welcome the return of original company member Brandon Victor Dixon beginning January 27. Dixon will return to his Tony-nominated role of absentee father Davis for the remainder of the Broadway engagement. Hell’s Kitchen officially opened April 20, 2024, and won two Tonys and a Grammy, following a 2023 engagement at Off-Broadway’s Public Theater. By the time it closes, the musical will have played nearly 800 performances.
Though the musical has consistently grossed over $1 million a week since it opened, with a peak of $1.8 million in one week, its grosses had been steadily trending downwards. In the most recent week, ending January 11, the show took in $828,188, lower than its weekly operating cost.
Hell’s Kitchen will continue to travel around the country in a multi-year national tour and will go on to launch international productions in South Korea, Germany, and Australia.
The Broadway company is currently led by Amanda Reid as Ali, Kelsee Kimmel as Jersey, four-time Grammy winner Yolanda Adams as Miss Liza Jane, three-time Grammy winner NE-YO as Davis, and Lamont Walker II as Knuck.
The ensemble includes Angela
Birchett, Chad Carstarphen, Reid Clarke, Nico Dejesus, Mykhel Duckett,
Vanessa Ferguson, Lulu Oro Hamlett, Jakeim Hart, Takia Hopson, Gabriel
Hyman, Lindsey Jolyn Jackson, Eliazar Jimenez, Jackie Leon, Parris
Lewis, Raechelle Manalo, Miki Michelle, Benjamin H. Moore, Onyxx Noel,
Susan Oliveras, Amma Osei, Sarah Parker, Eric Parra, Aaron Nicholas Patterson, William Roberson, Niki Saludez, Mariand Torres, Maggy Van Den Heuvel, Nyseli Vega, Keenan D. Washington, and Oscar Whitney Jr.
READ: Alicia Keys on the Parts of Her Life That Inspired Hell’s Kitchen, Including Her Mother
Hell’s Kitchen features music and lyrics by 17-time
Grammy winner Keys and a book by Kristoffer Diaz. Inspired by the
recording artist’s life, the story centers on 17-year-old Ali and her
mother, sharing a cramped apartment near Times Square. Ali wants to live
out her NYC dream, but Jersey is scared her daughter will repeat her
own mistakes. Ali is further confused when her estranged father—Davis,
who is a musician—comes back into her life.
The show began previews March 28, 2024. Read the reviews here. Michael Greif directs the work, which features choreography by Camille A. Brown.
Purchase Hell’s Kitchen memorabilia in the Playbill Store.
The music team includes music director Lily Ling and orchestrators
Adam Blackstone and Tom Kitt with arrangements by Keys and Blackstone.
The creative team also includes scenic designer Robert Brill, costume
designer Dede Ayite, lighting designer Natasha Katz, sound designer
Gareth Owen, projection designer Peter Nigrini, hair and wig designer
Mia Neal, and makeup designer Michael Clifton. Foresight Theatrical is
general manager, and Danny Maly serves as production stage manager.
The Broadway production was nominated for 13 Tony Awards in 2024,
including Best Musical. It won Tonys for Maleah Joi Moon and Kecia Lewis’
performances, and also took home the Grammy Award for Best Musical
Theater Album.
Hell’s Kitchen on Broadway is produced by AKW Productions. Aaron Lustbader serves as executive producer. Roc
Nation, DML Productions, Mandy Hackett, The Sunshine Group, Julie Yorn,
The Jacobs Family, No Guarantees Productions, Front Row Productions,
Sharpton Swindal Productions, Grove Entertainment, The Jaime Family,
John Gore Organization, Terria Joseph, Andy Nahas, James L. Nederlander,
Candy Spelling, Clara Wu Tsai, Universal Music Publishing, Independent
Presenters Network, Della Pietra Spark Theatrical, TodayTix ARGU, Score 3
Partners, and The Public Theater serve as co-producers.
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