The creator of “Hamilton” is headed back to Broadway.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new musical “Warriors,” his first full stage musical since “Hamilton,” is coming to the stage in 2027. Here’s everything we know about the new musical.
What is the ‘Warriors’ Broadway musical about?
“Warriors” is based on the 1979 cult film “The Warriors,” which was based on a 1965 novel of the same name by Sol Yurick. The story follows the journey of a New York gang from Coney Island to the Bronx after they’re falsely accused of murder, according to The Guardian.
“There’s one line that’s ... in the musical, which is ‘What do you do when they kill everything you believe in?’” Eisa Davis, who co-wrote the book, music and lyrics of “Warriors” with Miranda, told The New York Times.
“And I think that that question is a question that all of us are wrestling with in the world right now, and I think that that’s something that these characters are really bringing to light for us, in the process of trying to get home alive.”
Who’s involved in ‘Warriors’ on Broadway?
The musical has not yet been cast, and Miranda — who originated the role of Alexander Hamilton in “Hamilton” — will not be performing in it, per the Times.
In a twist on the original story, the members of the title gang in the “Warriors” musical will all be women.
Miranda and Davis, who co-wrote the musical, originally created “Warriors” as a concept album that was released in 2024. Performers on the concept album included Lauryn Hill, Busta Rhymes, Marc Anthony and Colman Domingo, among others, Deadline reported.
The musical will be directed by Jenny Koons, and produced by Thomas Kail and Jeffrey Seller, who were both involved in “Hamilton,” as well as Miranda and his father, Luis A. Miranda Jr.
When will ‘Warriors’ open on Broadway?
“Warriors” will begin previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in March, with an official opening in April, per Deadline.
What has Lin-Manuel Miranda said about ‘Warriors’?
Miranda told The New York Times in a 2024 interview that he first saw the 1979 film when he was 4 years old, and that it stuck with him. However, when a friend first suggested the idea of “Warriors: The Musical” to him in 2009, Miranda responded, “It’ll never work.”
But Miranda returned to the idea after finishing his work on “Hamilton” and “Moana.”
“I had a moment to think, ‘What do I want to write next?’ and ‘Warriors’ had taken over,” he told the Times. “I knew that I wanted to figure out how to make it work.”
Miranda told the Times earlier this week that the idea for the musical “wouldn’t leave me alone.”
“One of the reasons I wanted to dramatize it was: That original film has every New Yorker’s primal fears onscreen — fear of being pursued by the police, fear of getting caught in the wrong neighborhood at night, fear of falling in the train tracks, fear of scary gangs with face paint,” Miranda said.
“And then when Eisa saw the movie, she said, ‘I’m really interested in the notion of peace.’ ... And what I’m proud of, on the other side of two years of writing together, is the baby looks like both of us: It explores those fears and also explores the notion of what does true peace look like.”