The jukebox musical, featuring songs by the '80s pop-rock band Huey Lewis and The News stormed, premiered in San Diego in 2018
Huey Lewis, who with his band The News stormed radio in the 1980s with such rock-pop hits as “The Power of Love” and “I Want a New Drug,” is about to take his music to a Broadway stage. Lewis and executive producer Hunter Arnold tell The Associated Press that the jukebox musical “The Heart of Rock & Roll” — constructed from Lewis' songs — will play the James Earl Jones Theatre starting March 2024, capping more than 10 years of gestation.
He finds himself in his 30s prepared to take the leap to middle-class respectability when his bandmates return to take another stab at music. There's also a love story when he falls for the boss' daughter. “It’s an everyman story,” said Arnold. “It’s really a story about what do we actually want in life, and how do we decide that for ourselves.” Huey Lewis & The News had 12 top 10 Billboard hits on the Hot 100 and three that made No. 1.
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