“Being the Ricardos” director will be reimagining the Lerner & Loewe musical and reviving it at the Lincoln Center Theater.Preview performances are scheduled to begin previews on Nov.

3, with opening night set for Dec. 8 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Both casting and the design team will be announced at a later time.

André Bishop is at the helm as artistic director.Sorkin, 60, is penning the book and will be reunited with Bartlett Sher, the director of his smash hit, Tony-winning “To Kill A Mockingbird” play.“It was the fastest I’ve ever said yes to anything,” the Oscar and Emmy winner told the Hollywood Reporter. “The chance to work with Bart again, the chance to work on a musical, the chance to work at Lincoln Center and mostly the chance to work on material that I love were all impossible to resist.”The “West Wing” creator is writing the play’s new script based on the original story by Alan Jay Lerner, who adapted the idea from the 1958 book “The Once and Future King” by T.H.

White.“Camelot” first hit the stage in 1960 and features an original score by Frederick Loewe. He composed classics from the story such as “If Ever I Would Leave You,” “How to Handle a Woman” and “What Do the Simple Folk Do?”A 1967 film adaption hit the theaters with Harris returning as Arthur, Vanessa Redgrave as Guenevere and Franco Nero as Lancelot.The musical follows the traditional folklore of characters King Arthur, Queen Guenevere, and Sir Lancelot.

Aaron Sorkin is returning to Broadway with new ‘Camelot’ revival

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