Everything you need to know about ‘Warriors’ on Broadway

Warriors follows an NYC gang who are framed for murder and pursued by rival crews and police during a treacherous trek from the Bronx to their home base of Coney Island, Brooklyn.

The musical is based on the same-named 1979 movie and Sol Yurick's 1965 novel, and it turns the all-male gang into an all-female one.

Beginning in March 2027, Warriors plays at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, located at 205 West 46th St. Opened in 1910 and originally called the Globe Theatre, the venue later became a cinema. In 1958, it was restored as a theatre.

Recent productions at the theatre include Death Becomes Her, Sweeney Todd, and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. In fall 2026, Blue Man Group “A New Holiday Surprise” plays a limited run there before Warriors arrives.

The running time of Warriors on Broadway hasn’t been set yet. Broadway musicals typically run between 90 minutes and 3 hours and may include a 15-minute intermission.

Warriors is generally recommended for audiences ages 13+ due to mature themes including murder and gang violence. The Broadway production has yet to release an age requirement; this article will be updated with that information once announced.

Warriors has yet to release its Broadway performance schedule; this article will be updated once it is released. Most Broadway shows play Tuesday through Sunday, with two performances on Wednesdays and Saturdays and no performances on Mondays.

The Warriors musical premieres on Broadway in March 2027. The show arrives 48 years after the 1979 release of the same-named Paramount Pictures movie, based on the 1965 novel by Sol Yurick.

Before the full-fledged musical debuted, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis released Warriors as a concept album in 2024.

The Warriors musical features a book and score by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis. Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Miranda is known for creating In the Heights and Hamilton, and Davis is an Obie award winner for her performance in Passing Strange and for Sustained Excellence. She was also a Pulitzer finalist for her drama Bulrusher.

Miranda and Davis's musical is based on the 1979 Paramount Pictures movie co-written by David Shaber and director Walter Hill, itself adapted from the 1965 novel written by Sol Yurick.

The central characters of Warriors are members of the all-women Warriors gang, their allies, and rival gang leaders caught in a citywide manhunt. Here’s a who’s who, based on the 2024 concept album. The Warriors Broadway cast is to be announced.

• Cleon: The Warriors leader who is falsely accused of murder but knows the real killer.
• Swan: The Warriors' second-in-command who steps up to take charge.
• Ajax: A combative Warriors member who doesn’t believe in restraint.
• Mercy: A former member of the Orphans gang who joins the Warriors and gets involved with Swan.
• Cochise, Cowgirl, Fox, and Rembrandt: Other members of the Warriors.
• DJ Lynne Pen: A radio deejay whose broadcasts guides for the gangs.
• Cyrus: The Riffs gang leader who calls for a truce but ends up murdered.
• Masai: The Riffs' new head who calls for an investigation into the slaying.
• Luther: An amoral member of the Rogues gang who accuses Cleon.
• Cropsy: Luther’s cynical associate.
• Sully: The leader of the Orphans gang.
• Members of NYC gangs, a Harlem ballroom group, and cops round out the cast of characters.

The Broadway song list for the Warriors musical hasn’t been confirmed, but we expect it to feature most of the tunes from Miranda and Davis's all-star 2024 concept album, which features a sonic mix of hip-hop, musical theatre, R&B, pop, and more styles. Here is the complete song list from that album.

• “Survive the Night”
• “Roll Call”
• “Warriors' Cypher”
• “Make Way for Cyrus”
• “If You Can Count”
• “Derailed”
• “Woodlawn Cemetery”
• “Leave the Bronx Alive”
• “A Track Fire and a Phone Call”
• “Going Down”
• “Orphan Town”
• “Call Me Mercy”
• “Still Breathin'”
• “Quiet Girls”
• “Outside Gray's Papaya”
• “Sick of Runnin'”
• “The Park at Night”
• “Luther Interlude”
• “Cardigans”
• “We Got You”
• “A Light or Somethin'”
• “We Got You” (Reprise)
• “Somewhere in the City”
• “Reunion Square”
• “Same Train Home”
• “Finale: Part 1: Wonder Wheel / Part 2: The Coney Island Shore / Part 3: When We All Come Home Alive”

The Warriors musical premieres on Broadway in the spring, so it will be running for the 2026-27 season’s New York awards, including Tony Awards.

The Warriors musical is making its world premiere on Broadway in March 2027 following the October 2024 release of the concept album; it is the only major production so far.

Yes, the Warriors Broadway musical is based on the 1979 non-musical movie The Warriors. The Paramount Pictures action film, directed by Walter Hill, featured an ensemble cast including Michael Beck, James Remar, and David Patrick Kelly. Though it was negatively received upon its release, it has since become a cult classic.

Find out more about Warriors on Broadway, from its co-creators' connections to the movie to actual events that have been woven into the show.

• Warriors is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first post-Hamilton Broadway show. Now 46, he’s been thinking about the movie since he saw it when he was 4.
• In 2022, Miranda broached the idea of a Warriors musical to Eisa Davis, who’d never seen the film. “We kind of met in the middle at that point,” he told AP.
• The new musical joins The Who's Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chess, Evita, and Hadestown as shows that began as a concept album.
• Real-life events including a 2014 online harassment campaign and a 1971 NYC gang truce informd the musical’s gender-swapped take on the story.
• Notable voices on the concept album include hip-hop icons like Lauryn Hill and Ghostface Killah; Hamilton alums like Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Joshua Henry; and Warriors film stars James Remar and David Patrick Kelly.

Get Warriors tickets on New York Theatre Guide soon. Getting home isn't always easy, and Warriors wraps that idea in a blend of musical theatre and hip-hop sounds as diverse and dramatic as NYC itself.