Sherlock Holmes headed to Broadway

Associated Press

NEW YORK

It’s elementary, really. With all things Sherlock Holmes popular now, it’s no wonder that he’s coming to Broadway next.

A play about the cunning detective will come to Broadway in 2017. Called “Sherlock Holmes,” it will be written by the British writing team of Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel.

It is billed as an original tale offering “a new and deeply theatrical exploration of the mind of the famous detective, while remaining faithful to the mysterious world created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”

“Our version of Sherlock Holmes will have all the elements that fans want and expect, but with new twists and turns and plenty of surprises,” said producer Antonio R. Marion.

Doyle’s creation is everywhere these days: There are two TV series — “Sherlock,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and “Elementary,” with Jonny Lee Miller — and Ian McKellen has been announced as an elderly Holmes in the upcoming movie “A Slight Trick of the Mind.” Robert Downey Jr. also has been playing the sleuth in a film franchise.