April 17, 2025
The story of Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins, Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes, and Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas is being made right into a musical!
The story of TLC, the best-selling American woman group of all time, would be the topic of a brand new musical, CrazySexyCool–The TLC Musical.
The present will debut at Area Stage in Washington, D.C. Manufacturing will run from June 12 to August 9, 2026, as a part of the theater’s seventy fifth anniversary season.
The musical, named after TLC’s 1994 Diamond album, chronicles the trio’s rise, private struggles, and affect on music and tradition. It options hits like “Waterfalls,” “Creep,” and “No Scrubs” and can discover the group behind salacious headlines: Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas.
Kwame Kwei-Armah will write and direct the CrazySexyCool, with choreography by Chloe O. Davis. The musical is produced by Diggit Theatrical Group, with Stephen Gabriel serving as government producer.
“Bringing this story to the stage is a dream come true. We’ve got carried out in lots of totally different venues all around the world all through our profession, however bringing our story and music to the theater is a very new and thrilling problem,” mentioned T-Boz in a press release.
Chilli added, “Audiences will get to listen to our story—largely truth with a sprinkle of fiction—instructed in our personal means, and naturally… !”
TLC’s journey was marked by each triumph and tragedy. Regardless of promoting over 65 million data worldwide, the group confronted monetary hardships. In 1995, the group filed Chapter 11 chapter. Moreover, inner conflicts and the premature loss of life of Left Eye in 2002 slowed the group’s momentum.
But, T-Boz and Chilli proceed to honor the group’s legacy via excursions, new music, and, now, this theatrical manufacturing.
Tickets for CrazySexyCool–The TLC Musical can be accessible as a part of Area Stage’s season packages, with particular person tickets anticipated to go on sale nearer to the present’s premiere.
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