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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis are adapting the 1979 cult film The Warriors into a Broadway musical, reimagining its central gang as women. After starting as a 2024 concept album, Warriors will open on Broadway in April 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne, with Jenny Koons directing and Andy Blankenbuehler as co-director/choreographer; casting has not yet been announced.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis are turning the 1979 film The Warriors (and its novel) into Warriors, a Broadway-bound musical with an all-female cast. The show, set to open at the Lunt-Fontanne in April 2027, will be directed by Jenny Koons—with Andy Blankenbuehler co-directing and choreographing and Thomas Kail producing—though no casting has been announced yet. The concept originated on a 2024 album featuring Lauryn Hill, Nas, Ghostface Killah, and Phillipa Soo before moving to Broadway.
Lin-Manuel Miranda will return to Broadway in spring 2027 with Warriors, a gender-flipped stage adaptation of the 1979 cult film developed with playwright Eisa Davis. The one-act musical reimagines the Warriors as an all-women gang on a homeward NYC journey, directed by Jenny Koons with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler; previews begin March 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne. Miranda serves as lead producer but will not act, and the project evolved from a 2024 concept album featuring collaborators like Lauryn Hill, RZA, Ghostface Killah and more.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis will bring Warriors to Broadway in 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, with March previews and an April 2027 opening; the show is based on The Warriors film (and Sol Yurick’s book), directed by Jenny Koons with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, produced by Thomas Kail and partners, and tickets go on sale in October 2026 after the project began as a 2024 concept album.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis are turning The Warriors into a Broadway musical, an all-female adaptation set to open next spring at the Lunt-Fontanne after previews in March; the project began as a 2024 concept album and has evolved through workshops, with the show primarily sung but featuring some spoken scenes, and a cast of about 20. Directed by Jenny Koons with Andy Blankenbuehler co-directing and choreographing; lead producers include Thomas Kail, Miranda, his father Luis A. Miranda Jr., and Jeffrey Seller. Cast has not yet been announced.