The Heart of Rock and Roll teases Broadway run with rocking music video
Published on December 13, 2025 EDT Watch Corey Cott and the cast of the new Broadway musical have an epic jam sesh.

Are you ready to feel the power of love?

Broadway is — with new musical, The Heart of Rock and Roll, featuring the hits of Huey Lewis and the News. EW has your exclusive first look at the big hair, acid-washed jeans, and musical comedy delights of the forthcoming show in a new music video.

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The video features stars Corey Cott, McKenzie Kurtz, and Tamika Lawrence as they sing and jam their way through a band rehearsal and a neon-soaked bar. We even get a glimpse behind the scenes of the cast laying down the tracks in the recording studio.

Matt Murphy

Using the rich song catalog of Huey Lewis and the News for its score, the new musical follows a group of starry-eyed twenty-somethings, including Bobby (Cott), a guitar player who's traded his rock aspirations for climbing the corporate ladder, and his boss Cassandra (Kurtz), who's been raised to put the family business first. But when they get a second chance at their dreams, they have to decide the kind of life they really want.

Matt Murphy

The score features hits such as "The Power of Love," "Workin' For a Livin'," and "If This Is It" with a book by Jonathan A. Abrams, from a story by Abrams and Tyler Mitchell. Gordon Greenberg directs.

The show, which is produced with Lewis' blessing, will open at Broadway's James Earl Jones Theatre on April 22, following a run of previews that begin March 29.

Watch the video above for more, and check out additional photos below.

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