World premiere musical explores the world of U.S. competitive intercollegiate Bhangra Indian folk dance and music
Most Americans may have never heard of Bhangra, the energetic and expressive form of Indian folk dance and music that has swept the country over the past 30 years. But the creators of a new Bhangra-centric musical now in previews at La Jolla Playhouse hope that’s about to change.
Ari Afsar photographed at a film festival in New York in February 2020. She leads the cast of La Jolla Playhouse’s “Bhangin’ It: A Bangin’ New Musical.” Ari Afsar, left, and Alka Nayyar in La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere musical “Bhangin’ It: A Bangin’ New Musical.” The “Bhangin’ It” musical creative team, from left, married bookwriters Mike Lew and Rehana Lew Mirza and composer Sam Wilmott.
“There’s a lot of hybridity built into the script,” said Lew, whose bold comedy “Tiger Style!” made its West Coast premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in 2016. “The early reference points were Sam’s love of golden age musical theater, while Rehana and I are new to musicals but steeped in Asian American politics and identity politics and playwriting.”
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