Indian-American singer/songwriter and actress Nishi stars this November in New York City’s
Indian-American singer/songwriter and actress Nishi stars this November in New York City’s new Off-Broadway original musical ‘Angels Giants Monsters’ as the mother of all demons, the demon goddess Lilith.
“Not for children,” is what this Broadway and Bollywood Princess has to say about the new Off-Broadway musical she stars in this November 25th. With songs such as ‘I Want Your Sex’ which Nishi wrote and sings half-way through the production, and performs as a lap dance upon veteran actor Carl Ly-min, this is not your grandmother’s musical.
Indeed, Angels Giants Monsters, written and directed by Philadelphia-based playwright Exavier Wardlaw Muhammad, is a Biblical-themed musical based on the Book of Enoch and set during the beginning of the Old Testament. The Book of Enoch is not a part of the modern Biblical canon, but its story is echoed in the Book of Noah and tells of the days before the Flood, when giants and monsters roamed the earth.
In Angels, Nishi plays ‘Lilith’, the first woman ever created by God. Created equal to man, Lilith is a very smart woman, smarter even than the first man, Adam. Rejecting Adam’s comical advances, Nishi’s ‘Lilith’ uses her beauty, intelligence and sexual wiles to take revenge upon a God she feels has cursed her to an eternal life where she is not truly free to live as she wishes.
For Nishi, a professional singer who released her first CD in 2005, and a professional actress who has starred on the New York City stage in musicals and plays since 2009, the role of ‘Lilith’ is one that is new and challenging. Nishi had just finished performing as a sexual and predatory vampire vixen in Dracula with the Brooklyn-based Heights Players Theatre in September, and immediately went into rehearsals for Angels in October. Nishi’s ‘Lilith’, she says, bares similarities to her sex-kitten vampire vixen, but is much more emotional, volatile, unstable and deeply angered by God. “This is a role I was born to play,” says Nishi. “I sing with vengeance, with power, with lust. Through Lilith, I not only portray her sexual and emotional depths, but also my own.”
Nishi, described popularly as a Bollywood singer because of her Indian background and dance music which contains seductive Indian beats, was raised in upstate New York from the time she was five years old. She credits her musical style to growing up in the ’80’s and ’90’s with artists such as Sting, Madonna, Aerosmith and Creed; the Red Hot Chili Peppers are her favorite band. With powerhouse vocals showcased in songs such as Hell is Full of Sunshine in Angels Giants Monsters, Nishi’s influences as an American rock and pop singer are well-evidenced throughout the production.
Angels Giants Monsters opens November 25, 2011 for a limited three-night only run at the Medicine Show Theatre at 549 West 52nd Street on Manhattan’s west-side by 10th Avenue. Tickets and show times to be available on the musical’s website http://www.angelsgiantsmonsters.com and more information about Nishi is available at http://nishimusic.com