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La la Land Planning to move to New York.

2016 Oscar-winning film starring Ryan Gosling And Emma Stone as lovers chase their dreams in Los Angeles, is being adapted for Broadway, Lionsgate and producer Marc Platt announced Tuesday.

Bartlett Sher, who won a Tony Awards for directing the 2008 Broadway revival South Pacificwill helm the project, which will feature Ayad Akhtar (of Broadway dishonorable) and Matthew Decker.

The stage adaptation will feature music by the film’s composer and two-time Academy Award winner Justin Hurwitz and lyrics by the Oscar and Tony-winning composing team. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul,

“I’m thrilled to be reunited with Lionsgate and the incredible team behind La la Land to adapt the film for the Broadway stage, the next exciting chapter in its evolution,” said producer Platt, whose son Ben Platt Starring in Pasek and Paul’s musical dear evan hansen,

Added the producer: “We’ve assembled a world-class team to create a musical that will delight La la Landhas millions of current fans and introduces the property to an entirely new audience.”

date nor to a theater broadwayTarget optimization has not been announced.

The film, starring Stone as an aspiring actress and Gosling as a jazz pianist, won six Academy Awards at the 89th Academy Awards. however, Moonlight Although awarded Best Picture La la Land Was misdeclared as the big winner; it was later revealed Moonlight actually took the prize.

Reminds me of MGM classics, La la Land Written and directed by Damien Chazelle. Marc Platt also produced.

Last month it was announced that Markle’s son Ben will be back on broadway Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry in the first Maine STEM revival the parade After playing Leo Frank in a concert of the musical last year.