Hopes ‘Rocky’ musical will pack a punch

It has been a knockout in Germany, and now Sylvester Stallone hopes a musical based on his beloved boxing film Rocky will also be a hit on Broadway.

Producers said they plan to get Rocky up and punching at the Winter Garden Theatre by February, following a successful debut in Hamburg last autumn.

Based on the Oscar- winning 1976 film, the musical features a score by Ragtime veterans Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, and a story by Thomas Meehan, who wrote The Producers and Hairspray.