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"School of Rock" musical heading to Broadway

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"School of Rock" has a new gig -- Broadway.

Producers said Thursday that a musical version of the 2003 Jack Black movie will start in November 2015, 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 washed-up rocker who poses as a substitute teacher at a prep school -- will be adapted by Julian Fellowes, who wrote the stage musical of "Mary Poppins," and be directed by Laurence Connor, who co-directed the latest "Les Miserables" on Broadway and "Miss Saigon" in London.

JoAnn M. Hunter will handle choreography. Casting for the show will begin in January.

Nickelodeon has also made plans to rock out in 2015 -- in August, the network announced it would be making a TV series based on "School of Rock," which will premiere next spring.

In the meantime, enjoy this clip of Black schooling his class about "the man":

First published on December 18, 2014 / 3:12 PM EST

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