Lin-Manuel Miranda has announced the cast for his next Broadway venture, “Warriors,” which comes a decade after “Hamilton” became a pop culture sensation. The upcoming production, which opens in the spring, will star Jaci Calderon, Aneesa Folds, Amber Gray, Julia Harriman, Sasha Hutchings, Gizel Jiménez, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Kenita R. Miller, Sasha Allen, Casey Likes, and Donald Webber Jr. — several of whom have either worked on prior iterations of “Warriors” or appeared in Miranda’s other shows, “Hamilton” and “In the Heights.
Additional cast members will be announced at a later date. Based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel and Paramount’s 1979 action film, “Warriors” follows a fictional New York gang from the Bronx to their home turf in Coney Island after they’re framed for the murder of a respected gang leader. The movie version of “Warriors” isn’t a musical, but it does feature songs by Barry De Vorzon, Joe Walsh and Arnold McCuller.
The stage show originated as a 2024 concept album, executive produced by Nas and produced by musician Mike Elizondo. It featured the voices of Ms. Lauryn Hill, Busta Rhymes, Marc Anthony, Billy Porter, Ghostface Killah, RZA, Colman Domingo, Cam’ron, and Kim Dracula.
It’s an edge-of-your-seat journey from Brooklyn to the Bronx and back again. It’s a dream of a more peaceful city where we all come home alive. This is the sound of something being born.” “Warriors” will be directed by Jenny Koons and co-directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, a Tony winner who worked with Miranda on “In the Heights” and “Hamilton.” Producers include Thomas Kail (“Hamilton”), Miranda and his father, Luis A.
Miranda, Jr., and Jeffrey Seller. Kim, fight direction by Drew Leary, music supervision by Kurt Crowley, and orchestrations by Kurt Crowley, Mike Elizondo and Scott Wasserman.
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