Warriors, the brand new musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis based mostly on the 1979 cult traditional movie The Warriors will make its Broadway debut subsequent spring, producers introduced at the moment.
Warriors will start previews March 2027 at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, with an official opening in April. Will probably be Miranda’s first new full-length authentic stage musical since his mega-hit Hamilton.
Directed by Jenny Koons and co-directed/choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, Warriors follows a fictitious New York Metropolis gang from Coney Island to the Bronx and again when they’re framed for the homicide of revered gang chief Cyrus.
Based mostly on the Paramount Photos movement image and the novel The Warriors by Sol Yurick, the brand new musical has a twist: The road gang that gives the title is now a feminine gang.
Miranda and Davis are writing the ebook, music and lyrics.
“With Warriors, we take a fateful journey by New York Metropolis stuffed with coronary heart and grit as our characters struggle to outlive,” the writing duo mentioned. “Musicalizing such a vibrant world for the idea album has been a thrill, and now we’re popping out to play on Broadway on the Lunt-Fontanne. We are able to’t wait.”
The idea album launched on October 18, 2024, featured a forged together with Ms. Lauryn Hill, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Marc Anthony, Billy Porter, Ghostface Killah, RZA, Colman Domingo, Cam’ron, Kim Dracula, and extra. The album was govt produced by Nas and produced by Mike Elizondo.
Casting for the Broadway manufacturing has not been introduced.
Broadway producers are Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luis A. Miranda, Jr. and Jeffrey Vendor, with scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Dede Ayite, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Jason Crystal, projection design by Hana S. Kim, music supervision by Kurt Crowley, and orchestrations by Kurt Crowley, Scott Wasserman and Mike Elizondo.
Further bulletins concerning the Broadway manufacturing, together with casting and the total artistic workforce, are forthcoming.
The movie, directed by Walter Hill, starred Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Marcelino Sánchez, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Brian Tyler, Dorsey Wright, Terry Michos, David Patrick Kelly, Roger Hill, Edward Sewer, and Lynne Thigpen.
