Nas is taking the basic 1984 hip-hop movie Beat Road to Broadway with a brand new inventive group.
In accordance with Deadline’s report, revealed on Tuesday (Sept. 29), the Queensbridge legend has put collectively a stellar group of inventive professionals of the stage to adapt the basic movie Beat Road right into a Broadway musical. The group contains Schele Williams who previously directed the musical The Wiz, playwright Kristoffer Diaz, who wrote the Tony-nominated and Grammy-winning musical Hell’s Kitchen, and music supervisor Jason Michael Webb.
Collectively, Williams will helm the Beat Road musical, Diaz will pen the present’s e-book based mostly on the movie and Webb will organize and orchestrate the music. In August, the inventive group reportedly collaborated on a 29-hour workshop to totally develop the film right into a profitable musical.
“Beat Road wasn’t only a movie – it unfold the revolution of hip-hop tradition all through the nation and the world. It left an indelible mark, inspiring generations of younger artists and creating new hip-hop followers alike,” Nas advised The Hollywood Reporter in June of 2024. “It is a thrill for me to hitch the inventive group of Beat Road, bringing the uncooked power of hip-hop into the material of Broadway. It is an honor to breathe new life into this iconic work and rejoice its enduring legacy.”
In accordance with Deadline, the Broadway adaptation of Beat Road shall be backed by producers Richard Fearn, Arthur Baker, Michael Holman, and Peter Bittenbender along side Mass Enchantment, which Nas serves as co-founder and investor. Each Baker and Holman are the unique producers of the enduring 1984 film.
Beat Road starred Rae Daybreak Chong, Gus Davis, Saundra Santiago and Jon Chardiet and options music by Harry Belafonte, who produced the movie based mostly on a script written by Steven Hager. The film was directed by veteran filmmaker Stan Lathan. The movie additionally featured cameos from hip-hop pioneers DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambataa & The Sonic Drive, Doug E. Recent, Treacherous Three and Melle Mel who carried out the title track.
Watch the trailer of Beat Road
Watch the Basic B-Boy Scene From Beat Road
