Actress Angelina Jolie is among the producers of the musical based on The Kids of 56th Street, which will hit Broadway in March 2024.
Boys from 56th Street will become musical and among the producers of the show will also be Angelina Jolie.
The project is an adaptation of the 1967 novel by S. E. Hinton, which was made into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983.
The show will air in 2024
The 56th Street play will debut on March 16, 2024, following its March 2023 debut at La Jolla Playhouse.
Set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1967, the story centers on Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and their family of outsiders as they struggle to survive and seek purpose in a world that may never accept them. .
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The cast of the musical, which is produced by Angelina Jolie, has not yet been revealed. The actress said:I studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute where I realized that my first love as an artist was theater. I haven’t found a way to get back to this until now. I hope I can contribute by continuing to learn from this amazing team that I have been working with since my daughter took me to a play at La Jolla Playhouse.“.
Adam Rapp and Justin Levine wrote the booklet for the show, while Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, the duo known as Jamestown Revival, will sign the music and lyrics. Instead, the choreography was signed by Rick Cooperman and Jeff Cooperman, and the production was signed by Danya Taymor.