Warriors: come out and play! The first batch of casting for Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’ upcoming Broadway arc Warriors is out, with an official start date. Previews will begin on March 9, 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for an official opening on April 8.
And the main cast will be Jaci Calderon as Fox, Aneesa Folds as Cleon, Amber Gray as Ajax, Julia Harriman as Mercy, Sasha Hutchings as Cowgirl, Gizel Jiménez as Rembrandt, Jasmine Cephas Jones as Swan, Kenita R. Miller as Cochise, Sasha Allen as Cyrus, Casey Likes as Luther and Donald Webber Jr. as Masai. Casting is done by Sujotta Pace and Telsey & Co of C12 Casting.
Much of this cast will reprise their work from the musical’s concept album, released in 2024, including Folds, Gray, Harriman, Hutchings, Jiménez, Jones and Miller. Likes moves in as villain Luther after playing Jesse of The Orphans on the concept album. Calderon, Allen and Webber are new to the draft.
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Pre-sale tickets will be available to Capital One cardholders beginning October 20 at 10 a.m. ET on BroadwayDirect.com and to fans with pre-registration at WarriorsMusical.com. General sales begin October 22 at 10 a.m. ET on BroadwayDirect.com.
The production will offer tickets for $79 through a lottery that will begin accepting registrations on January 11, 2027. The first two rows will also be sold for $19.79 through a separate lottery, starting March 9, 2027.
The musical is adapted from the cult classic 1979 film The warriorswhich follows a New York street gang on their perilous journey from the Bronx to Coney Island after being framed for the murder of a rival gang’s leader. In Miranda and Davis’ musical version, the male Warriors from the film become an all-female group. The film was directed and co-written by Walter Hill, based on the novel by Sol Yurick.
Jenny Koons co-directs the Broadway bow with choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler. The production will feature musical supervision by Kurt Crowley; scenic design by David Koris; costume design by Dede Ayite; lighting design by Natasha Katz; sound design by Jason Crystal; projection design by Hana S. Kim; combat direction by Drew Leary; wig, hair and makeup design by Nikiya Mathis; orchestrations by Crowley, Scott Wasserman and Mike Elizondo, wig, hair and makeup design by Nikiya Mathis; and general direction by Bespoke Theatricals. Cody Renard Richard will be the production manager.
Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luis A. Miranda, Jr. and Jeffrey Seller produce.
“We spend the time of our lives doing Warriors. It’s a roller coaster ride like Coney Island Cyclone, with all the action of the classic Walter Hill film,” Miranda and Davis share in a joint statement. “It’s a New York story to the core, with music infused with every genre that was born and revolutionized here, from hip-hop to salsa to ska to metal and everything in between. It’s a breathtaking journey from Brooklyn to the Bronx and back. It is the dream of a more peaceful city where we would all return alive. It’s the sound of something being born.”
Warriors is originally a concept album, released on October 18, 2024, produced by Grammy-winning rapper Nas and produced by Grammy-winning musician Mike Elizondo. The immersive listening experience featured Ms. Lauryn Hill, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Marc Anthony, Billy Porter, Ghostface Killah, RZA, Colman Domingo, Cam’ron, Kim Dracula, and more.
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