Hamilton followers who’ve been patiently ready for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s subsequent Broadway musical could lastly get … The Warriors.
Miranda is reportedly working on a musical model of the basic ’70s New York motion movie by Walter Hill, which was in flip based mostly on a novel by Sol Yurick. The film model follows a Coney Island gang named the Warriors as they’re framed for the homicide of one other highly effective gang chief, and should battle to return to their dwelling turf in Brooklyn. Along the way in which, they encounter much more colourful gangs just like the Baseball Furies.
The New York Post claims its “sundown-to-sunrise story — which spans Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx — makes sense for the lifelong New Yorker with several hits already set in his hometown: In The Heights and, of course, Hamilton.”
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In the years since Hamilton turned an era-defining hit on Broadway, Miranda has largely labored in movie, writing songs for movies resembling Vivo, Moana, and Encanto, and directing a movie model of the Jonathan Larson musical Tick, Tick… Boom! He lately contributed extra lyrics to a brand new musical based mostly on the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York; it lately closed on Broadway after enjoying for a bit of over three months. Miranda additionally launched a filmed model of Hamilton on Disney+ in 2020.
The Warriors, with its take a look at New York City gangs within the Seventies, would possibly seem to be an oddball alternative for a musical, however New York City gangs within the Fifties labored for West Side Story, so I see no motive why it wouldn’t work once more. And The Warriors’ colourful world of costumed gangs looks like it ought to match fairly effectively within the outsized world of the Broadway musical. Can you dig it?
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