NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� and Eisa Davis are turning their concept album into a full-length Broadway show.
The story 鈥� originally a 1965 novel that was made into a cult, dystopian 1979 film 鈥� follows a street gang called the Warriors as they make their way from the Bronx to their home turf of Coney Island in Brooklyn while being hunted by rivals gangs and cops. It will be the first full musical from
The musical of 鈥淲补谤谤颈辞谤蝉鈥� is expected to begin previews next March and open next April at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. 鈥淲补谤谤颈辞谤蝉鈥� will be directed by Jenny Koons with a book by Miranda and Davis. No casting was announced.
鈥淢usicalizing such a vibrant world for the concept album has been a thrill, and now we鈥檙e coming out to play on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne. We can鈥檛 wait,鈥� Miranda and Davis said in a statement Tuesday.
Miranda and Davis keeping the bones of the story but making strategic changes in genders, like making the Warriors all women. The album had an astonishing list of artists playing various parts: Nas, Busta Rhymes, Ghostface Killah, RZA, Marc Anthony, Colman Domingo, Cam鈥檙on, Shenseea and Joshua Henry, among them.
The album included the sounds of salsa, ska, agro-rock, boy band, pop, old-school rap and even K-pop. Spanish and Korean mixes with the English. It has the song 鈥淲e Got You,鈥� a seductive R&B tune delivered by a male gang wearing cardigans, and 鈥淨uiet Girls,鈥� a feminist anthem.
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