Yesterday, many people around the country celebrated Juneteenth, which commemorates when slaves found out about the ending of slavery in the United States. In the wake of the celebration, Pharrell Williams, and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris announced their plans to create a stage musical inspired by the holiday.
According to Deadline, the subject was inspired by a 2017 Black-ish episode titled Juneteenth: The Musical. Barris will write the libretto of the musical along with Peter Saji, while Williams will write and compose the music under his i am OTHER company.
Not too many details about the musical were revealed, but it is expected to focus on two different African-American families, one during contemporary times and the other during the Civil War era.
Williams said, I dream about projects like this. Kenya and Peter are geniuses andJuneteenthwill change culture and change history. We couldnt sign up fast enough. We are thrilled to collaborate with them.
Barris took to social media to announce the news and said, “Its coming to BROADWAY and were NOT playin!!”
Congrats to Pharrell and Kenya Barris on their new project.
