It’s about rattling time.
Chaka Khan, the 10-time Grammy-winning mom of funk, soul, and divine female ferocity, is bringing her life story to the stage in I’m Each Girl—a glittering, groove-laced bio-musical headed to London’s West Finish in spring 2026. And make no mistake: this isn’t only a jukebox revue with wigs and glitter. It is a reclamation. A restoration. A resurrection of a legend who’s finished the work and worn the crown, even when the world tried to behave like she didn’t construct the throne herself.
The musical, which can run on the Peacock Theatre from March 5–28, 2026, guarantees greater than the anthems we’ve two-stepped, slow-grinded and shouted to in our mama’s kitchen. Directed by Racky Plews, with choreography by Jade Hackett and a guide by Nia T. Hill, I’m Each Girl delves into the fullness of Chaka’s story—from South Aspect Chicago to world superstardom, from Rufus to solo royalty, from heartbreaks to Corridor of Fame therapeutic. And sure, the music shall be entrance and middle: “Ain’t No person,” “I Really feel for You,” and naturally, “I’m Each Girl” will echo all through the theater like a reward break with rhinestones.
Chaka herself is concerned each step of the best way—as a result of who else can inform her story however the girl who lived it? “I’ve lived a wealthy, lovely, and generally troublesome life,” she stated. “Now these experiences will come alive on stage.” And we imagine her. As a result of what Chaka Khan says, Chaka Khan means.
This musical arrives throughout a renaissance season for the Queen of Funk. She’s at the moment on The Queens Tour alongside Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Stephanie Mills, a lineup that truthfully deserves its personal Mount Rushmore. And he or she’s within the studio with none aside from Sia, cooking up music that defies style, time, and expectation as a result of Chaka has by no means been excited about becoming in.
Tickets go on sale Might nineteenth, and in the event you’ve ever danced via a heartbreak, styled your twist-out to “Candy Factor,” or belted “Inform Me One thing Good” prefer it was your private testimony, this present is for you.
Chaka’s not simply telling her story. She’s telling ours. Loud, proud and in full voice.