Walter Hill’s 1979 cult action thriller “The Warriors” is a favorite among film fans, adapting Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name into an addicting tale about a group of rival gangs in New York City all trying to track down and take out a group known as the Warriors after they’re framed for the killing of a powerful gang leader named Cyrus who had been attempting to unite the different groups.
The Warriors, miles from home in the Bronx, attempt to make it back to their turf on Coney Island, as the various groups try to kill them once they enter each new territory.
Hill’s film is as gripping as it is gritty, but Yurick’s novel is an even bleaker examination of gang culture and urban rot.
So of course, it’s only fitting that “The Warriors” would become the subject of a large-scale musical theatre adaptation.According to a report from Variety,…
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