Huey Lewis and the News Musical is coming to Broadway in March

“The Heart of Rock and Roll,” a new musical powered by the songs of Huey Lewis and the News, is coming to Broadway this spring.

The show, which first debuted at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater in 2018, is a comedy about a couple whose romance must navigate the ambitions of their rock band and business.

The musical premieres March 29 and opens April 22 at the James Earl Jones Theater. Casting has not yet been announced.

Marketed as a “feel-great musical,” the show features the upbeat songs of Huey Lewis and the News, a pop-rock band whose heyday was in the 1980s and whose hit “The Power of Love” also appeared on Broadway is visible. “Back to the Future: The Musical.”

“The Heart of Rock and Roll” (that title is also the name of one of the band’s most popular songs) is directed by Gordon Greenberg (“Holiday Inn”), choreographed by Lorin Latarro (who is also choreographing a Broadway revival of “The Who’s Tommy”), and includes a book by Jonathan A. Abrams based on a story by Abrams and Tyler Mitchell. Abrams and Mitchell have worked primarily in film and television.

Mitchell also produces the show with Hunter Arnold and Kayla Greenspan; production is capitalized for up to $16 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.