Lin-Manuel Miranda is to release a concept album for a brand new musical.
The Hamilton and In The Heights creator has teamed up with Eisa Davis on a stage adaptation of Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel The Warriors.
A concept album will will be released on 18 October on Atlantic Records, featuring Broadway actors and major pop stars.
The first casting confirmed includes Marc Anthony as Tato, Luis Figueroa as Miguel, Flaco Navaja as Jesús, and Chris Rivers as The Bronx. They form the fictional gang Turnbull AC at the center of the concept album.
They’ll be joined by Billy Porter as Grander, Michaela Jaé as Yaya, and Mykal Kilgore as Élan, members of NYC street gang The Hurricanes; and Utkarsh Ambudkar as Sully and Casey Likes as Jesse of rival gang The Orphans.
Also on the cast of the album, Ghostface Killah and RZA will be the voices of Staten Island.
You can pre-order the album now from warriorsalbum.com
Miranda and Davis said: “We’ve spent the past three years musicalising the Warriors’ journey home, from the South Bronx to Coney Island.
“Along the way we’ve gotten to work with a lot of our favourite artists, and we’ll be announcing their roles on the album in the weeks ahead. We can’t wait to share these songs with you on October 18.”
It was first revealed in 2023 that Miranda was working on a musical version of the story, which was turned into a 1979 film.
Exploring urban gang culture set in New York City, The Warriors follows the Coney Island Dominators, a street gang, as they navigate a treacherous journey through rival gang territories to make it back to their home turf after being wrongly accused of a high-profile murder.
The musical would mark Miranda’s first full stage production since the premiere of Hamilton.
Most recently, the composer-lyricist has been working on film projects including tick, tick… BOOM! for Netflix and Disney’s Encanto and live action remake of The Little Mermaid.
He also contributed additional lyrics to new Broadway musical New York, New York, based loosely on the 1977 film and featuring original songs from John Kander and Fred Ebb.
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