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Breaking Baz: Broadway-Bound ‘Ali’ Musical Gets Set For A Rumble In The Windy City
Ali, the Broadway-bound musical about boxing icon Muhammad Ali, who sought to use his fame to champion human rights, will have a spring 2025 run in Chicago.
When filmmaker Steve McQueen was shooting the heist thriller Widows in Chicago, a production assistant kindly ferried me around various local landmarks including locations where Ali had resided. Orchestrations and arrangements are by Abrams and Sean Mayes, associate director is Asmeret Ghebremichael ( TheNotebook), music supervisor is Sean Mayes ( MJ), creative dramaturge is Fred Carl, special boxing consultant and fight coordinator is Michael “Silk” Olajide Jr., and Grammy-winning saxophonist and vocalist Casey Benjamin is associate music producer emeritus. The plays run July 15-September 28 @sohoplace in London with Paapa Essiedu ( I May DestroyYou), Thomas Coombes ( Baby Reindeer), Erin Doherty ( The Crown) and Sharon Duncan-Brewster ( Dune: Part One).
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