Alicia Keys’s New York Musical Goes on National Tour
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The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and The New Yorker. Welcome to the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm Adam Howard sitting in today for David Remnick. New York, how you feelin tonight? There's no doubt the unofficial anthem of New York City.
his Empire State of Mind, the Jay-Z song with that unforgettable hook sung by Alicia Keyes. So it was only fitting that when New York celebrated the Knicks with a triumphant parade, Alicia Keyes took the stage at City Hall. We are champion! You could see Knicks captain Jalen Brunson and New York City mayor Zoran Mandani grooving along in the background.
In New York Concrete don't go with dreams tomatoes. There's nothing you can do. It was a classic New York moment for an artist who is herself classic New York. Alicia Keyes's musical, Hell's Kitchen, uses her songs to tell a story about a teenager growing up in Manhattan, right near Times Square.
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