Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys will make her debut as a Broadway producer for Lydia R. Diamond’s play Stick Fly. She will also compose original music for the production.

This incarnation of Stick Fly, which chronicles the interactions and revelations within a well-to-do black family at its home in Martha’s Vineyard, will mark the Broadway debut for Ms. Diamond, a widely produced playwright whose other works include “Voyeurs de Venus,” “The Gift Horse” and “The Bluest Eye,” an adaptation of the Toni Morrison novel. [NY Times]

Psych star Dule Hill, ER’s Mekhi Phifer Cold Case’s Tracie Thoms are starring in the play. Stick Fly officially opens on December 8th, but will begin previews on November 18th at the Cort Theatre.

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