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Press Day in Atlanta for Fela!
Follow Michelle Williams behind the scenes of the first press day in Atlanta for Fela! Michelle makes stops at radio stations V103 Atlanta, the Ricky Smiley Morning Show, CBS Better Mornings, Magic 107.5, and Praise 102.5. View the fun video below:
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CNN Radio Music Notes: Michelle Williams – in charge of her Destiny
(CNN) – This week we talk with Michelle Williams, the Grammy-award winning Destiny’s Child member, currently starring as Sandra Isadore, activist and love interest of Fela Kuti, in the smash Broadway hit musical, FELA! The 3-time Tony Award-winning musical is in Atlanta through March 6th and Michelle stopped by CNN Radio to talk about FELA!, her friend Beyoncé, and some personal revelations about how she took charge of her own destiny after suffering though some dark times. Destiny’s Child made her famous, but even before the group existed, Michelle Williams knew she would be a star. She remembers being in the Fox Theater in Saint Louis for an 8th grade…
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Michelle Williams on CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin
On Atlanta Press Day for Fela!, Michelle Williams visited CNN to discuss her role in the play, her battle with depression, her new reality show and the much celebrated performance at this year’s Superbowl. See her interview below:
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HLN Morning Express: Fela-la! Michelle Williams singing to her own tune!
Hot off her reunion with the other Destiny’s Children at the Beyonce Bowl, Michelle Williams talked to HLN’s Natasha Curry about taking her own brand of bootylicious on the road with the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, “Fela.” The show is about a man named Fela Kuti, a musician known for creating a style of music called afrobeat. Williams plays Sandra Izsadore, who becomes Kuti’s lover and teacher. She gives Kuti the facts he needs to give his music political punch. Curry and other fans also want to know, after their breakout Super Bowl halftime show, what about a full-fledged Destiny’s Child reunion? “We just made a goal to go out…
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Better Mornings Atlanta
FELA! The Musical is now playing at The Fox Theatre Atlanta through March 6. CBS show Better Mornings Atlanta sit down with Michelle Williams to talk about her role in the show and the Super Bowl Halftime Show performance with Beyoncé! Due to overwhelming demand, the show has been extended in Atlanta. Two new shows have been added. Get your tickets today: felaonbroadway.com CBS Atlanta 46
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Access Atlanta catches up with Michelle Williams
About five years ago, “Fela!” fell into Michelle Williams’ orbit. She saw the show opening night in London, then later during its Tony Award-winning Broadway run and thought, ‘You know, I could have done this role,’ of Sandra Isadore, the love interest of Afrobeat star and political activist Fela Kuti. A few months ago, in the midst of prepping a mini-Destiny’s Child reunion and her own new solo album, Williams received a call to gauge her interest in portraying Isadore in the national tour of “Fela! The Musical,” pulling into the Fox Theatre Thursday-Sunday. “This was a legendary man who I learned to love,” she said recently, calling from a…
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Charlotte Today interviews Michelle Williams about Fela!
Michelle Williams promotes Fela! on Charlotte Today. Michelle also discusses her new album, theater and music, Tina Knowles and of course the Superbowl. Michelle gives her take on Beyonce’s departure from Matthew Knowles’ management and much more. Great clip! See below: