The Huey Lewis and the News musical, 'The Heart of Rock and Roll,' will finally open on Broadway in spring 2024.
The musical will begin previews on March 29 at the James Earl Jones Theater, with the official opening scheduled for April 22. A cast for the Broadway production has yet to be announced.
Lewis celebrated the news — as well as the glories of musical theater — in a video announcement on social media. “I first fell in love with all that is Broadway when I appeared as Billy Flynn in the musicalin 2009,” he said. “And I continue to believe that musical theater, because it’s so demanding, is also the most rewarding form of artistic expression.”
Lewis continued: “We’ve been working on our show a long time and we’re very proud of it. It’s funny and smart, and it has a lot of heart, and although I’m not in it, and it’s not about my life, it does feature all of our biggest songs… So, needless to say, we’re beyond excited to bringing our show to the world’s most prestigious venue, Broadway, New York.”is a rom-com that tells the story of “a couple of thirty-somethings who know exactly what they want from life — until they find each other.
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