Nigeria's first Broadway style
musical production has opened in the country's economic capital, Lagos.
Saro, the musical opened in
Lagos and is set for the road. The production of Saro has been
tipped to lead a renaissance in Nigerian theatre, and put cities like Lagos on
the same pedestal as Broadway in New York and London's West End.
“we can do it better here,
thereby creating jobs for our youths”
Theatre attendance in Lagos has
been threatened by "Nollywood" - the country's inexhaustible film
industry.
Despite stiff challenges from
Nollywood screen productions, however, Saro has attracted Nigerians from all
works of life.
