Lionsgate is a producer on the production, with Path Entertainment Group’s live stage arm, Showpath. This adds to Lionsgate’s theatrical slate, which also includes plans for stage productions of Wonder, Nashville and La La Land on Broadway, and The Hunger Games in London.

Dirty Dancing' being turned into stage musical with plans for Broadway by Lionsgate, Path & Pic's Scribe Eleanor Bergstein

“Dirty Dancing: The Musical” will launch in late 2025 with aspirations for Broadway as well as a North American run. From there, producers plan to expand the show to theater markets in Asia, Australia, Latin America and beyond.

For the new adaptation, Bergstein is "closely involved" in the creative process, Lionsgate said in a release. She's be reuniting with Emmy winner and Broadway vet Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in the movie and will now direct the re-envisioned production.

Baby may be Broadway-bound. Lionsgate, the distributor of the ‘80s classic starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, is bringing audiences a musical adaptation of the story. Dirty Dancing: The Musica

Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Nobody puts Baby in a corner, but she’ll soon be headed to Broadway. A musical adaptation of the film Dirty Dancing is in the works. The production, s

Nobody puts Baby in a corner, especially on Broadway. The beloved 1987 romantic drama "Dirty Dancing," which starred Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, is being developed for a new Broadway stage adaptation called "Dirty Dancing: The Musical.