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India Arie on Upcoming Albums, Broadway
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After finally discussing at length her decision to boycott this year’s Grammys, Atlanta singer-songwriter India Arie also looked forward.
She’s busy working on two albums at once, “a process that become more intense in January, and I hope to have completed by the summer,” she said.
That’s because Arie (above) has been cast in a new version of Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, When The Rainbow Is Enuf” — executive produced by Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg.
“The idea of remounting it and making it modern and totally redone for Broadway has been floating around for a few years,” Arie said. “But it’s real now, and quickly approaching…I really don’t know who else is going to be in it. But I know I am, and I am excited!”
Are you interested in an updated version of “For Colored Girls” - and with Arie in it? Who else would you cast? Arie also shared that she plans to get in the studio with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis - something their longtime muse Janet Jackson passed on this time around. How do you think that pairing will fare?
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By Briana
March 12, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this
AHHHHH! I am sooo excited…she is one of many great women..personally one of favorite…She is going to do excellently like she already has!
By anthony
March 12, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this
i salute india.arie for her poignant insight and outlook. the music industry is just one aspect of our cultural madness. money and scandal drive sales. however, for real change to occur..the general public has to realize that they are being bamboozled with this “stuff” being hurled at us from the media and radio stations. people scream about positivity and image, yet they buy junk and wonder why society has spiralled downward. i believe artists can create whatever it is they desire, it is my choice to buy their works. however, i am hard pressed to support the current music state (i own at least 3,000 cd’s and i bought ‘em..). where are the songwriters who craft intelligent, engaging melodies? one was on the couch in stone mountain!