<p class="title">A new musical based on the life of King of Pop, Michael Jackson, will be showcased on Broadway in 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The news about the new Broadway musical was shared by Michael Jackson Estate and Columbia Live Stage company.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is being written by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage with Tony award winner Christopher Wheeldon attached as the director and choreographer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wheeldon is best known for adapting the 1951 film "An American in Paris" into a Broadway musical. The show won several Tony Awards, with Wheeldon picking up the trophy for Best Choreography.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Broadway musical will be the third stage production based on Jackson, who died in 2009 after two Cirque du Soleil shows -- "Michael Jackson ONE", that has been running for the last five years in Las Vegas, and "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apart from these, a documentary, "Michael Jackson's This Is It", was released a few months after his death and "Michael Jackson's Journey From Motown to Off the Wall", a Spike Lee documentary was released in 2016.</p>
<p class="title">A new musical based on the life of King of Pop, Michael Jackson, will be showcased on Broadway in 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The news about the new Broadway musical was shared by Michael Jackson Estate and Columbia Live Stage company.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is being written by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage with Tony award winner Christopher Wheeldon attached as the director and choreographer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Wheeldon is best known for adapting the 1951 film "An American in Paris" into a Broadway musical. The show won several Tony Awards, with Wheeldon picking up the trophy for Best Choreography.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Broadway musical will be the third stage production based on Jackson, who died in 2009 after two Cirque du Soleil shows -- "Michael Jackson ONE", that has been running for the last five years in Las Vegas, and "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apart from these, a documentary, "Michael Jackson's This Is It", was released a few months after his death and "Michael Jackson's Journey From Motown to Off the Wall", a Spike Lee documentary was released in 2016.</p>