Alicia Keys Blogs About Producing STICK FLY on Broadway

Grammy Award-winner Alicia Keys with Reuben Cannon & Nelle Nugent previously announced 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.

On her official website, Keys had the following to say about STICK FLY and what it means to her to produce the piece on Broadway:

"Sometimes you come across that rare piece of art that gets to you-- that takes you to a different place, and opens your eyes and your heart to a new horizon. For me, Stick Fly is that piece of art.
Stick Fly is an incredible, moving and HILARIOUS play, that I'm so honored and excited to help bring to Broadway this winter. These profound characters bring you deep into the life of a family that is just like yours or mine-- capturing everything that goes with that: the outrageous, the funny and the secrets tucked away inside the family closet.

My mother's greatest passion is the theatre and she introduced it to me very early in my life. I grew up right next to Broadway-I could see the glittering lights from our apartment. To produce a play like this is a dream come true for me. And to have the chance to share this play with an audience, night after night, in a beautiful theater, on the streets that I walked everyday as a kid with only "a pocket full of dreams"... can only be described as modern-day magic.

My favorite thing about great art is the way that it gets to you, crawls inside your heart and lives there in a way you can't forget. I hope if you're in NYC this winter, you'll have the chance to experience Stick Fly, and that it moves you as much as did me."

To read Keys' blog, click here.