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'Magic Mike' On Broadway Scores Dream Creative Team

Broadway Gets The Male Stripper Treatment
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BOSTON - JUNE 28: Local male strippers were interviewed in relation to the movie 'Magic Mike,' currently in theaters. They were photographed on June 28, 2012. (Photo by Essdras M Suarez/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

"Magic Mike," the superfun Steven Soderbergh raunchfest, is headed to Broadway in style.

Deadline reports that the show’s producers snagged a dream team of Tony and Pulitzer-nabbing writers to helm the onstage striptease, including “Next To Normal” creators Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who co-wrote the book for “Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark.”

The eagerly-awaited sequel to the 2012 Soderbergh movie, aka "Magic Mike 2," is also apparently on track for production, confirmed Deadline. Tatum himself may direct it, according to some reports, aided by a freshly-retired Soderbergh on hand as director of photography.

Details about the substance of the Broadway version remain murky but intriguing. While Matthew McConaughey has gone on record saying he’d rather watch the show than be in it, Alex Pettyfer, another original cast member, told Vanity Fair last month that he’s dying for a role. For those of you who may join McConaughey in the seats, producer Gregory Jacobs is promising no less than personal lap dances.

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2013 - 2014 Broadway Season Preview
Hedwig and the Angry Inch(01 of10)
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The four-time Tony Award host and former "Doogie Howser, M.D." will star on Broadway this upcoming 2013 - 2014 season. NPH will play the gender-bent rock chanteuse at the center of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," the cult musical that was made into a cult movie. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) (credit:AP)
Rocky The Musical(02 of10)
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Actor and co-producer of the musical 'Rocky', Sylvester Stallone poses during a news conference with actors Wietske van Tongeren and Drew Sarich in Hamburg, Germany. The musical version of the boxing movie "Rocky" celebrated its world premiere on Sunday, Nov. 18, in Hamburg, and will make its way to the states this 2013- 2014 broadway season. (AP Photo/dapd, Philipp Guelland) (credit:AP)
Holler If Ya Hear Me(03 of10)
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Tupac Shakur's catalog of hits will make its way to a broadway stage near you. The late rapper's slew of songs are set to be featured in an upcoming musical titled 'Holler if Ya Hear Me'. The show will hit Broadway this upcoming 2013-2014 broadway season. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bb26035e4b0171db69fa8c3" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="2" data-vars-position-in-unit="7">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34267346@N06/5842119529" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="zennie62" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bb26035e4b0171db69fa8c3" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34267346@N06/5842119529" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="3" data-vars-position-in-unit="8">zennie62</a>)
Flashdance(04 of10)
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The stage adaptation of the 1983 hit movie 'Flashdance' is about a working-class Pittsburgh girl with a dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer will boogie into New York in August 2013. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures) (credit:AP)
Houdindi(05 of10)
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Tony Award-winner Hugh Jackman will bring his magic back to Broadway during the 2013-2014 season in the new Stephen Schwartz-Aaron Sorkin musical, Houdindi. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Aladdin(06 of10)
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Disney's stage adaptation of the 1992 Academy Award-winning animated film Aladdin will play a pre-Broadway engagement at Toronto's Mirvish Theatre this fall prior to a Broadway bow at the New Amsterdam Theatre in 2014. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bb26035e4b0171db69fa8c3" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="0" data-vars-position-in-unit="5">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34128007@N04/5626622789" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Prayitno" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bb26035e4b0171db69fa8c3" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34128007@N04/5626622789" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="1" data-vars-position-in-unit="6">Prayitno</a>)
Les Miserables(07 of10)
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This undated theater image released by The Publicity Office shows a scene from the musical "Les Miserables." The touring production will come to Broadway in March 2014. (AP Photo/The Publicity Office, Michael Le Poer Trench) (credit:AP)
If/Then(08 of10)
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Idina Menzel at the West Coast premiere of "The Book of Mormon" at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Menzel will return to Broadway to star in "If/Then," an original Broadway musical. The production will begin previews on Broadway on March 4, 2014 and will officially open on March 27, 2014. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, file) (credit:AP)
A Bronx Tale(09 of10)
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Twenty years after Robert DeNiro's directorial debut of 'A Bronx Tale', DeNiro is set to direct the broadway adaptation of the film. The musical is slated to hit the stage in 2014. (Photo by Will Ragozzino/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival) (credit:Getty Images)
Cotton Club Parade(10 of10)
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"After Midnight," a joyous musical revue celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the famous Cotton Club nightclub in Harlem in the late `20s and early `30s, will re-appear on broadway this fall in New York City Center under the name "Cotton Club Parade." The show will be directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle with musical direction by Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/John Duricka, file) (credit:AP)
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