Lin-Manuel Miranda is working on this new Broadway musical: source
nypost.comrecently shuttered “New York, New York,” and wrote the songs for the Disney movies “Moana” and “Encanto,” along with some new tunes for the live-action “The Little Mermaid.” His Tony Award-winning “In the Heights” was turned into a Warner Bros.
movie, and he directed Netflix’s musical film “Tick, Tick… Boom!”.As Broadway’s only celebrity composer (who’s not a pop singer), a brand new musical by Miranda would be an instant draw for ticket-buyers and a major coup for the struggling theater business.A premiere date and location are not yet known, though a tryout of the show would be a boon for the Public Theater, which was recently forced to lay off 19% of its staff and slash programming for budgetary reasons.Wherever it lands, he’s picked a fascinating title.Some viewers will remember the culty 1979 film “The Warriors,” which is fun to watch now for its authentic shots of the bad old days of New York City.
Trains are covered in graffiti, gang members of all different races and ethnicities wear funny matching costumes and the presentation is hyperstylized.
New Yorker critic Pauline Kael adored the movie, writing that it embodies the “spirit of urban-male tribalism and the feelings of kids who believe that they own the streets because they keep other kids out of them.”But Yurick hated it.
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