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November 3, 2023

Huey Lewis' musical ‘The Heart of Rock & Roll' finds a stage on Broadway

By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer

NEW YORK — 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.


 
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