Alicia Keys Presents Broadway Premiere of STICK FLY
June 27, 2011
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER ALICIA KEYS
PRESENTS THE BROADWAY PREMIERE OF
STICK FLY
AN AMERICAN PLAY BY LYDIA R. DIAMOND
DIRECTED BY KENNY LEON
OPENS DECEMBER 8, 2011 AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE
PREVIEWS BEGIN NOVEMBER 18, 2011
TICKETS NOW ON SALE
Grammy Award-winner Alicia Keys with Reuben Cannon & Nelle Nugent are proud to announce the Broadway premiere of STICK FLY, the critically-acclaimed American play by Lydia R. Diamond and directed by Kenny Leon, opening on Broadway on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at the Lyceum Theatre (149 W. 45th Street). Performances begin Friday, November 18, 2011. Tickets are now on sale through Telecharge.com.
“This is a story that everybody can relate to,” said producer Alicia Keys. “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. I know it will touch all audiences, who will find a piece of themselves somewhere inside this house.”
STICK FLY follows the LeVays, an affluent African American family who come together to spend a summer weekend at their Martha’s Vineyard home. The adult sons, aspiring novelist Kent and golden boy plastic surgeon Flip, have each brought their respective ladies (one Black and one White) to meet the parents. Food, drink and Trivial Pursuit tangle with class, race and identity politics in this contemporary comedy of manners.