(L) Bob Marley (R) Mitchell Brunings— MARLEY, the world premiere musical about Bob Marley, found its Bob in an audition clip for the television show The Voice of Holland, said writer and director Kwame Kwei-Armah, who cast Mitchell Brunings in the role. The musical, which will open this May at Center Stage in Baltimore, has music and lyrics by Bob Marley and centres on the two years Marley was in self-imposed exile in London, following an attempt on his life in Jamaica in 1976. Kwei-Armah had seen “bloody hundreds” of potential Bobs before a friend sent him a video last summer of Brunings singing Redemption Song at his audition for The Voice. Forty-eight hours later, Kwei-Armah was in Amsterdam, meeting the singer. “Mitchell’s been singing Bob for many years, so I didn’t need to … Read entire article »