NEW YORK — Start spreading the news — ”New York, New York” is coming to Broadway.
A theatrical take on the 1977 Martin Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli will arrive on the Great White Way next spring, producers announced Wednesday.
“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has been tapped to craft new lyrics for the Kander & Ebb musical.
With direction and choreography by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman, “New York, New York” will begin performances at the St. James Theatre March 24.
Tony Award nominee David Thompson and actress, author and Manhattan native Sharon Washington wrote the book for the production, which is set in 1946 New York and follows a group of artists trying to make it in the Big Apple after World War II.
“In 1945, World War II ended. In the years that immediately followed, hundreds of thousands of ex-servicemen and women — myself included — descended on New York City, a tough, gritty, beautiful dream palace, filled with youthful energy and optimism,” 95-year-old composer John Kander said in a statement. “‘The sadness is over! This is where I can become the person I was meant to become!’ And this is the New York of our story.”
Alongside the late Fred Ebb, Kander also co-composed Broadway smashes “Cabaret,” “Chicago,” “Kiss of the Spiderwoman” and “The Visit.”
According to Wednesday’s announcement, the score will include new songs as well as popular standards such as “New York, New York,” which Minnelli sang in the film and later made her signature song.
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