Michelle Williams Joining Tour of 'Fela!'

Michelle Williams

Former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams is joining the latest national tour of the musical "Fela!"

Producers said thursday the singer will be on stage when the tour opens at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 29.

"Fela" is a biography of Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

Williams will play Fela's African-American lover, Sandra Isadore.

She is part of Destiny's Child along with Kelly Rowland and Beyonce and is now a solo artist who has the dance album "Unexpected" and the recent singles "On The Run" and "''Waiting On You to her creddit.

Fela won three Tony Awards in 2010. Jay-Z, Beyonce's husband, is one of the producers of "Fela!".

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Williams is not new to musicals as she has appeared on Broadway in "Aida," on tour with "The Color Purple," and in London starring in "Chicago."

"Fela!" had its world premiere off-Broadway in the summer of 2008, and opened on Broadway a year later, playing 34 previews and 463 regular performances.