'Hell's Kitchen' Broadway Review: Alicia Keys' Story Comes Alive
Based loosely on Alicia Keys' personal experiences and told through her music, "Hell's Kitchen" is a vibrant musical centering on teen girlhood.
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Based loosely on Alicia Keys' personal experiences and told through her music, "Hell's Kitchen" is a vibrant musical centering on teen girlhood.
Songwriter Alicia Keys makes her legit stage debut with "Hell's Kitchen," a jukebox musical about a songwriter — with a trim story.
Alicia Keys’ “Hell’s Kitchen” is a rambling coming-of-age tale, enlivened by excellent music and dancing. Meanwhile, Henry Lewis makes his own kind of magic as the “Mind Mangler.”
In ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ Alicia Keys sticks to familiar musical-theater structure and form, but the show blossoms anyway owing to its killer performances.
A promising Off Broadway jukebox musical features hits by the R&B star (including “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You” and “No One”) and a story much like her own.