Following the release of a concept album for new Broadway musical Warriors, Lin-Manuel Miranda has revealed that the show is heading to the stage.
The show is the latest from Tony and Olivier Award-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) and award-winning actor, writer and songwriter Eisa Davis (Bulrusher, Angela’s Mixtape).
Lin-Manuel Miranda said recently in an interview in The New York Times that “We released the album for “Warriors” in October, and people really like it, but because we’re such a visual culture, everyone said to me and Eisa [Davis, with whom he wrote the music], “OK, when can we see it?” So I think at the top of the year, Eisa and I will just start having conversations about how to adapt that to the stage”
The 26 song Warriors concept album was released on 18 October 2024 by Atlantic Records, Grammy Award-winner Mike Elizondo, and executive produced by Grammy Award-winner rapper Nas.
Warriors is inspired by the 1979 cult Paramount Pictures movie “The Warriors”, based on Sol Yurick’s novel, following a fictitious New York City gang from Coney Island to the Bronx and back, when they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader, Cyrus.
In a departure from the original movie, the show features an all-female band of warriors.
Casting for the stage production is to be announced, along with any news on venue or dates.
The concept album featured Jasmine Cephas Jones as Swan, Julia K Harriman as Mercy, Gizel Jiménez as Rembrandt, Amber Gray as Ajax, Aneesa Folds as Cleon, Sasha Hutchings as Cowgirl, Kenita Miller as Cochise, and Phillipa Soo as Fox.
They are joined by Grammy-winning rapper Ms. Lauryn Hill as Cyrus of The Gramercy Riffs.
Also appearing on the album are a wide group of both rappers and musical theatre stars, including: Busta Rhymes as The Voice of Brooklyn; The Bizzies members Stephen Sanchez as Cal, Joshua Henry as Wanya, Timothy Hughes as Lance, and Daniel Jikal as Joon; Shenseea as DJ Lynne Pen; The Rogues members Kim Dracula as Luther and Alex Boniello as Cropsy; Gramercy Riffs members Nas as Queens and Colman Domingo as Masai; Cam’ron as Manhattan; original film stars James Remar and David Patrick Kelly as The Cops; The Hurricanes members Billy Porter as Grander, Michaela Jaé as Yaya, and Mykal Kilgore as Élan; The Orphans members Utkarsh Ambudkar as Sully and Casey Likes as Jesse; rap artists Ghostface Killah and RZA as the voices of Staten Island; and Turnbull AC’s members Marc Anthony as Tato, Luis Figueroa as Miguel, Flaco Navaja as Jesús, and Chris Rivers as The Bronx.
The album had a slate of positive reviews from critics, with Chris Wiegand in The Guardian giving the album five-stars, and hailing it as a “firecracker musical”, and “his large cast is marshalled with the same brio Miranda showed in Hamilton.” Wiegand also says that, “One of the album’s joys is its unexpected pairings, especially how musical theatre stars are matched with acts from other genres.”
The Warriors is available to stream here.
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