{"id":804258,"date":"2020-02-17T07:54:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T14:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=953842"},"modified":"2020-02-17T07:54:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T14:54:10","slug":"new-musical-get-up-stand-up-the-bob-marley-story-to-open-in-london-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/new-musical-get-up-stand-up-the-bob-marley-story-to-open-in-london-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"New Musical \u2018Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Story\u2019 to Open in London in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bob-Marley-Credit-Fifty-Six-Hope-Road-Music-Ltd.-Adrian-Boot.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Get Up, Stand Up! The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bob-marley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bob-marley\" data-tag=\"bob-marley\">Bob Marley<\/a> Story<\/em>, a new musical featuring the songs of Bob Marley, will debut in London next year. The production, produced by Playful Productions, Stage Play and Trim the Wind and previously workshopped in 2019, will begin previews in London at the Lyric Theatre on February 6th, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Lee Hall, the playwright and screenwriter behind <em>Billy Elliott<\/em> and <em>Rocketman<\/em>, wrote the musical and took direct inspiration from Marley\u2019s lyrics to tell his personal story as an artist. The production will star Arinz\u00e9 Kene, who appeared in the Bob Dylan-inspired musical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bob-dylan-musical-girl-from-the-north-country-broadway-891043\/\"><em>Girl From the North Country<\/em><\/a>, and is being directed by Dominic Cooke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur father\u2019s music means so much to so many people around the world, we\u2019re beyond thrilled to be able to bring it to both fans and new audiences alike in a new way led by the stellar team of Lee Hall and Dominic Cooke, and starring the fantastic Arinz\u00e9,\u201d Cedella Marley, the musician\u2019s daughter, said in a statement. \u201cAs a family we feel that our father would be proud to know that his legacy is a source of creative inspiration and continues to bring people together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel absolutely honored to be able to take on this role,\u201d Kene added. \u201cIt is not only an honor to be able to spread Bob Marley\u2019s message further, but to get to be him for a little while is a lifelong dream come true. I grew up on his music and his mantra and he has been one of my role models since I was a child. I feel as if he\u2019s in my DNA. He\u2019s the man, I love him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/getupstandupthemusical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">go on sale<\/a> April 21st.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/get-up-stand-up-bob-marley-london-musical-953842\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Story, a new musical featuring the songs of Bob Marley, will debut in London next year. The production, produced by Playful Productions, Stage Play and Trim the Wind and previously workshopped in 2019, will begin previews in London at the Lyric Theatre on February 6th, 2021. Lee Hall, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-22 12:45:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}