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‘School of Rock’ heading to Broadway

NEW YORK

Rockers, rejoice: The Broadway musical “Rock of Ages” may be going, but get ready for “The School of Rock.”

Producers said Thursday that a musical version of the 2003 film starring Jack Black will start in early November, with an opening set for Dec. 6. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater will write new music to be added to some songs featured in the movie.

The story — about a rocker who poses as a substitute teacher at a prep school — will be adapted by Julian Fellowes, who created “Downton Abbey.”

The show will take over the massive Winter Garden, which recently housed “Rocky.”

The stage version of “The School of Rock” will stay close to the plot of the film, in which a wannabe rocker enlists his fifth-graders to form a rock group and conquer the Battle of the Bands.

The film featured songs by The Doors, Cream, The Black Keys and Led Zeppelin.

Associated Press