( EW.com ) -- Hear the music , close your eyes , feel the rhythm â€ ” `` Flashdance '' is Broadway-bound . `` Flashdance -- The Musical , '' based on the iconic 1983 movie , is coming to the Great White Way in August 2013 , producers confirmed Tuesday . This is in addition to the already-announced national tour that will kick off in January in Pittsburgh ( of course ) . Fall theater preview : 10 shows we 're dying to see . The show was first mounted in the U.K. in 2008 and 2010 , but the Broadway version will be completely re-written and re-staged for the move stateside , producers said . `` Flashdance -- The Musical '' features a book by Tom Hedley ( co-writer of the original screenplay with Joe Eszterhas ) and Robert Cary , with music by Robbie Roth , lyrics by Cary and Roth , and direction and choreography by Sergio Trujillo ( `` Jersey Boys , '' `` Memphis '' ) . Fellow maniacs , never fear : The show will include iconic songs from the film such as `` Flashdance -- What a Feeling , '' `` Maniac , '' `` Gloria , '' `` Manhunt '' and `` I Love Rock & Roll , '' as well as 16 new songs for the production . `` We are thrilled to be bringing `` Flashdance '' to Broadway , '' producer Marc Routh said in a press release . `` The new work we 've already seen Sergio create in the studio is downright brilliant . He 's come up with new ways of storytelling through dance that bring you immediately to the heart of this iconic story of a girl with a dream in a way I 've never seen , '' Routh went on . `` And we all remember where we were when we first heard these hit songs , they bring you back to a place in time . ... We ca n't wait for audiences to embrace this new musical across the country on tour and then in the separate flagship production on Broadway . '' See the full story on EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
A musical based on the August 2013 movie `` Flashdance is headed for the Great White Way . It 'll arrive in 1983 . The show will include iconic songs from the film such as `` Flashdance '' -- What a Feeling ''