Alicia Keys and the cast of Stick Fly spoke to the audience after the show on Monday, December 19.

There are two more chance to get their insights on Stick Fly — December 22 at 8 pm and Sunday, January 8 at 7:30 pm.

Alicia Keys will host talkbacks for the Broadway production of Lydia R. Diamond’s Stick Fly, at the Cort Theatre, following the Monday, December 19 and Thursday, December 22 performances.

Last week, Cort Theatre, “Stick Fly” opened. Original music by co-producer Alicia Keys. So, what’s this big-time singer know from Broadway?

“It’s my first time composing music for a show. You start out as an innocent. Sitting in on rehearsal. Then putting ideas together. I asked myself how I’d feel as an audience member then followed it. I’d sit at the piano, next I added a melancholy percussion feeling and in my studio put in some guitar strings.

“This tried out in Boston. Two women I know saw it and said something’s special about it so I should get involved. Because I wanted to become more interested in TV production, the idea interested me.

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Host Robin Roberts visited Alicia Keys and the cast at the Cort Theatre to talk about their new Broadway play “Stick Fly” that opened last week.

Alicia is on the cover of the December issue of Black Enterprise magazine along with playwright Lydia Diamond and director Kenny Leon.

Here’s a behind the scenes look at the December 2011 Black Enterprise cover shoot.

Alicia Keys stopped by BET’s 106 & Park to talk about her new Broadway play “Stick Fly”.
Watch the three-part interview and backstage videos below.

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Last Thursday Alicia Keys was joined by her husband Swizz Beatz at the opening of “Stick Fly” at the Cort Theater in New York City. Keys produced the play which is based on an original story written by Lydia Diamond and directed by Kenny Leon.

 

Check out the red carpet interview with Alicia Keys and Erika Rose.

Alicia Keys first appeared on the cover of Dazed a decade ago, alongside the release of her now legendary debut LP, ‘Songs in A Minor’. Tens of millions of albums sold and multiple Grammys later, Keys is one of the most successful recording artists of all time.

Dazed & Confused: You first appeared on the cover of Dazed ten years ago. Were you familiar with the magazine at the time?
Alicia Keys: I wasn’t actually. I was so young and naïve when I started out, and then all at once I was exposed to all these super cool magazines and forms of media that I had never heard of before. Learning about everything was so much fun. But Dazed has remained one of the coolest magazines out there. I love that they explore artists and musicians from all across the spectrum. (Read more… )

Alicia Keys graces the cover of the latest issue of WebMD Magazine. You can find the scans in the gallery.

Don’t forget to tune in tonight to SHOWTIME Channel at 9pm ET to catch “Keep a Child Alive with Alicia Keys” documentary. If you can’t see it tonight, here’s the schedule for re-airings:

12/01 Thu – 11:30 pm ET (SHO 2)
12/03 Sat – 6:00 pm ET (SHOWTIME SHOWCASE)
12/04 Sun – 3:45 pm ET (SHO 2)
12/06 Tue – 4:00 pm ET (SHOWTIME SHOWCASE)
12/07 Wed – 5:15 pm ET (SHO 2)
12/10 Sat – 1:15 pm ET (SHO 2)
12/12 Mon – 10:50 am ET (SHOWTIME SHOWCASE)
12/14 Wed – 2:50 pm ET (SHOWTIME)
12/15 Thu – 10:30 am ET (SHOWTIME SHOWCASE)