"The Nutty Professor" To Be Made Into Broadway Musical

The hit comedy "The Nutty Professor" will be making its way to Broadway as a musical. Comedy icon Jerry Lewis will be making his directorial debut for the show.

Lewis starred and co-wrote the original movie "The Nutty Professor" which was released in 1963. The comedy became one of Lewis' most successful films.

Rupert Holmes and Mavin Hamlisch have partnered up to compose the score for the musical. Holmes has won an Academy Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award and a Pulitzer Prize, while Holmes has won multiple Tony awards.

Lewis is excited for the new project saying, "I was born with show business in my blood and working on Broadway gets it coursing through my veins like no other place can. Marvin and Rupert have given one of my favorite and most enduring films...a hilarious and gorgeous adaptation for Broadway and I could not be happier. Does this story sing and dance? You bet it does."

"The Nutty Professor" is scheduled to make its Broadway debut in 2010 and is being produced by Loud Watch Productions, LLC. Casting for the show will be announced later this year.