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Michael Jackson may soon be moonwalking on Broadway.

The pop singer’s estate and Columbia Live Stage on Tuesday announced plans to develop a stage musical about the life of the King of Pop, who died in 2009 at age 50.

Playwright Lynn Nottage, who has won two Pulitzer Prizes for her dramas “Ruined” and “Sweat,” will write the book for the show, which is aiming for a 2020 premiere.

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Christopher Wheeldon, an artistic associate at the Royal Ballet in London and Tony winner for the 2015 Broadway musical “An American in Paris,” will direct and choreograph.

Given the involvement of Jackson’s estate, it seems unlikely that the new show will be a warts-and-all depiction of the singer and his many brushes with controversy during his lifetime, including accusations of child sexual abuse in 1993 and 2003 (which led to a 2005 trial and acquittal).

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But jukebox musicals have been all the rage on Broadway in recent years, including Tony-winning hits such as “Jersey Boys” about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, “Beautiful” about Carole King and “On Your Feet!” about Gloria Estefan.

Others in the genre — including 2014’s short-lived Tupac Shakur musical “Holler if Ya Hear Me” and the soon-to-close “Escape to Margaritaville,” based on the song catalog of Jimmy Buffett — have fared less well with theatergoers.

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17. "Rent" (original production)
Opened: April 29, 1996
Closed: Sept. 7, 2008
Gross: $274.2 million
16. "The Producers"
Opened: April 19, 2001
Closed: April 22, 2007
Gross: $288.4 million
15. "Mary Poppins"
Opened: Nov. 16, 2006
Closed: March 3, 2013
Gross: $294.6 million
14. "Miss Saigon" (original production)
Opened: April 11, 1991
Closed: Jan. 28, 2001
Gross: $298.7 million
13. "Kinky Boots"
Opened: April 4, 2013
Closed: April 7, 2019
Gross to date: $319.0 million
12. "Aladdin"
Opened: March 20, 2014
Closed: Still running
Gross to date: $404.9 million
11. "Les Misérables" (original production)
Opened: March 12, 1987
Closed: May 18, 2003
Gross: $406.3 million
10. "Cats" (original production)
Opened: Oct. 7, 1982
Closed: Sept. 10, 2000
Gross: $407.7 million
9. "Beauty and the Beast"
Opened: April 18, 1994
Closed: July 29, 2007
Gross: $429.2 million
8. "Hamilton"
Opened: Aug. 6, 2015
Closed: Still running
Gross to date: $529.3 million
7. "Jersey Boys"
Opened: Nov. 6, 2005
Closed: January 15, 2017
Gross: $558.4 million
6. "The Book of Mormon"
Opened: March 24, 2011
Closed: Still running
Gross to date: $615.1 million
5. "Mamma Mia!"
Opened: Oct. 18, 2001
Closed: Sept. 12, 2015
Gross: $624.4 million
4. "Chicago" (revival)
Opened: Nov. 14, 1996
Closed: Still running
Gross: $654.7 million
3. "The Phantom of the Opera"
Opened: Jan. 26, 1988
Closed: Still running
Gross to date: $1.2 billion
2. "Wicked"
Opened: Oct. 30, 2003
Closed: Still running
Gross: $1.3 billion
1. "The Lion King"
Opened: Nov. 13, 1997
Closed: Still running
Gross to date: $1.6 billion