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Warriors come out to Broadway with Lin-Manuel Miranda musical
Miranda and Eisa Davis’s concept album based on the 1979 film is to be realised for the stage, co-directed by Jenny Koons and Hamilton’s Andy Blankenbuehler
TL;DR
- A concept album based on 'The Warriors' novel and film is being transformed into a Broadway musical.
- The musical will open in the spring at the Lunt-Fontanne theatre.
- Andy Blankenbuehler, known for 'Hamilton,' will co-direct and choreograph.
- The show will feature a cast of about 20 and will have a book, not be sung-through.
- In this version, the seven Warriors are all women.
- The original story by Sol Yurick was inspired by Xenophon's 'Anabasis' and adapted into a 1979 film.