Breaking News: Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel to Bring SHERLOCK HOLMES Epic to Broadway in 2017

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this year, Sherlock Holmes will soon make his way back to Broadway.

Producers Antonio R. Marion and Kimberly Much officially announced today that Sherlock Holmes, a new epic play by British writing team Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, will bring the iconic detective back to Broadway in 2017. Staged as a mystery within a mystery, the case presented to Holmes forces him to confront his murky past. But is the unravelling of his childhood just a dangerous diversion? Sherlock Holmes is an original tale which will offer a new and deeply theatrical exploration of the mind of the famous detective, while remaining faithful to the mysterious world created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

"The character of Sherlock Holmes has inspired storytellers of all mediums to weave thrilling tales for more than a century. What we are most excited about is the opportunity to draw on such rich source material, and present it in a totally fresh way by using the kind of magic you can only find in live theater," says producer Marion. "Our version of Sherlock Holmes will have all the elements that fans want and expect, but with new twists and turns and plenty of surprises, which will take these amazingly complex and beloved characters to places they've never been."

The characters and stories of Sherlock Holmes have been loved by audiences around the world for more than a hundred years, having first been introduced in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet. Conan Doyle went on to feature Sherlock Holmes in three more novels (including The Hound of the Baskervilles) and in 56 short stories. The famous detective made his first appearance on Broadway in 1899.

In recent years, the property has been updated into hits with modern twists, as in the Guy Ritchie films starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law; the Emmy Award Winning BBC series "Sherlock" starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman; the hit CBS transfer "Elementary" starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu; and the upcoming 2015 feature film Mr. Holmes, starring Sir Ian McKellen and Laura Linney.

Other stage and screen icons have donned the world-famous hat and pipe in various films, television shows, and radio dramas, including: John Barrymore, John Gielgud, George C. Scott, Roger Moore, Leonard Nimoy, John Cleese, Christopher Plummer, Peter O'Toole, Sir Michael Caine, Frank Langella, Charlton Heston, Rupert Everett, and Jonathan Pryce.

More details, including casting, the creative team and theater, will be announced shortly.