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"Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical,"
which premieres at the Lyric Theatre this month, follows
Marley's rise from the Kingston ghettos to international
stardom.
Born in 1945 in the rural Jamaican town of Nine Mile, Marley
became a global superstar with hits such as "No Woman, No Cry,"
"One Love," and "I Shot the Sheriff". He died of melanoma cancer
in 1981 at age 36.
"We're really trying to show the heart of the man, trying to
show what really made him tick and why he made the choices he
made," the show's director, Clint Dyer, told Reuters at a press
preview on Thursday.
"His political leanings came out of his situation. And so we're
trying to give the context by which a third-world global
superstar was born."
British actor and playwright Arinze Kene plays Marley, donning
his trademark dreadlocks and displaying the moves and mannerisms
he studied in archive videos and photos. Taking on the role was
intimidating, but Kene said he leapt at the opportunity to tell
the story of one of his childhood heroes.
He was equally excited to return to the stage after the COVID-19
pandemic shut down theatres across the country.
"There's nothing like live performance, you know, keep your
Netflix and your Amazon and Hulus and whatever but there is
nothing like being here and seeing it live, a performance that
can never be repeated."
"Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical", which was written by
Lee Hall, began previews at the Lyric Theatre on Oct. 1, with
the show's official opening night set for Oct. 20.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
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