Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis's Warriors musical confirms Spring 2027 Broadway debut

Tony and Olivier Award-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda and award-winning actor, writer and songwriter Eisa Davis have announced a Spring 2027 debut for their new musical Warriors. The musical will begin previews in March 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway.

Miranda and Davis originally teased their new work in late 2024 following the release of a 26-song concept album inspired by cult 70s action thriller ‘The Warriors,’ that follows a gang traipsing the hard streets of New York City, until they are accused of murdering the respected leader of a rival gang. The new musical concept features a gender-swapped all-female crew.

According to Deadline, the gender-swapped musical is pencilled to open on Broadway in March 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

Warriors. Eisa Davis & Lin-Manuel Miranda. Photo provided by Atlantic Records

All eyes on Lin-Manuel Miranda

Given Miranda’s track record, Warriors will be one to keep an eye on. His first musical In the Heights was a runaway hit when it premiered in 2008, scoring 4 Tony Awards including Best Musical. When it came to the West End in 2015, it won 3 Olivier Awards, including Outstanding Achievement in Music.

His biggest triumph, and most well-known show to date, is Hamilton. The 2015 musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton swept the Tony Awards and took the world by storm, captivating audiences with its non-traditional casting and hip-hop influences.

Beyond the stage, Lin-Manuel Miranda has written the soundtracks for animated films movies Moana, Vivo and Encanto and the live action version of The Little Mermaid. He also directed a film adaptation of Tick, Tick… Boom!, the pseudo-autobiographical musical from Jonathan Larson.

More recently, it was announced that he would be directing Octet, starring star Amanda Seyfried, Rachel Zegler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Phillipa Soo, Gaten Matarazzo and Jonathan Groff.

From book to screen to stage

Warriors is inspired by the 1979 cult Paramount Pictures movie ‘The Warriors,’ in turn based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name. Both follow a fictitious Coney Island gang when they are one night called to a meeting by Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City. In the midst of a police raid on the meeting, Cyrus is killed and The Warriors are blamed. What follows is a fight not just for justice, but for their lives.

Initially, the album was conceived as a standalone piece of work, and allowed the duo to collaborate with several influential hip-hop artists and musicians like Lauryn Hill, Nas and Busta Rhymes alongside stage stars like Billy Porter and Phillipa Soo, who originated the role of Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton on Broadway.

The concept album by Miranda and Davis includes a mix of rap, hip-hop, salsa and funk in Miranda’s trademark fusion style. Chris Wiegand of The Guardian called the album ‘a firecracker musical,’ with Hamilton clearly in the forefront of his mind. He went on to say that ‘Hamilton’s blend of combative rap, beatboxing, melodic sweep and plangent balladry is here spiked with ska, metal and salsa in a sprawling set of 26 songs.’

Following the release, the work is now being adapted for the stage.

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