The legendary life of Muhammad Ali will be featured on Broadway, but his hometown of Louisville will get the first look. The musical, "Ali," will tell the story of his upbringing and his journey to become "the greatest."The production crew has spent time studying Ali and Louisville to write the story. Clint Dyer, the writer and director of "Ali," said that was a crucial part of understanding the champ."For me, it's about authenticity," said Dyer. "As a writer, being able to take from what's around me . If I did it in L.A., I wouldn't be taking the feel of Muhammad Ali."Dyer said the Ali Center has helped paint the best picture possible as to who Ali was. "A lot of times with these museums, there's a certain type of detachment because it's after someone's passed away, but Ali was involved in the making of the Ali center to such a degree that you can really feel his wit, his message, his understanding of the story that he wanted to portray," said Dyer. "That place shook me, to be honest with you."After studying Ali, Dyer decided a musical was the best way to portray his life."The films have been brilliant, and documentaries are brilliant, but there's something about music that can take you to another place," said Dyer. It helps to have some of the best in the business working on the choreography. Rich and Tone Talauga, the choreographers for the show, have worked with talented artists like Michael Jackson, Madonna, Janet Jackson and Chris Brown. "Movement is another part of language. It's speaking without talking, if that makes sense. So we're going to try to put all of our experience into that and make sure that the body language and the physical acting is coming off as much," said Rich. "Finding unique and inventive ways on how to tell a story that's so highly documented is a big challenge, but collaborating with what I call it the 'Dream Team,' I think we're very, very up for the challenge," said Tone. Louisville's own Teddy Abrams, the director of the Louisville Orchestra, will be in charge of the music. Abrams has been working on music about Muhammad Ali since he arrived in Louisville in 2014, producing a rap opera called "The Greatest: Muhammad Ali.""After that, I was left with this feeling of, 'Well, this work needs to continue,'" said Abrams. He later connected with Dyer, and the show's producer Richard Willis, which eventually led to the creation of "Ali," the musical. Abrams credits his connection to Louisville as his inspiration."You can see the arc of his life from when he was born here to ultimately the funeral when the entire world came to our city. I think we've all recognized what it's meant to have a hero, a global icon from our community. It's something for us to be proud of as a town," said Abrams. The crew is still working on finalizing the details of the production but plans to begin casting soon. The show is expected to hit the stage at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in the fall of 2024. It will then move to Broadway.For more information, click here.

Many people list skydiving as an experience they want to have once in their lifetime.For Mike Bratcher, a retired Air Force veteran and skydiving instructor, it's an experience he's had almost 4,000 times. So, what's 100 more? The 59-year-old skydiving instructor at Skydive Kentucky decided that for his 60th birthday, he would skydive 60 consecutive times — until he learned what the Kentucky state record is for consecutive skydives in one day.And as of Monday night, Bratcher accomplished his goal, jumping 100 times in one day, setting a new Kentucky record."I saw that it was 80, and I thought, well, I'm not gonna get that close and not go for the record," Bratcher said.So the goal was raised to 100 consecutive jumps."I'm not going to be direct at 80 or just get 81 to beat it, and so I just come up with a round number of 100," Bratcher said.The crew started around 6:30 a.m. Monday, and planned to wrap up that evening before sunset.In order to make that time, Bratcher has to complete a cycle of going up in the plane, jumping out, landing, and getting back in the plane to do it all over again, about every seven minutes. The 182 Cessna plane he'll be jumping from will only go around 2,100 feet to make the cycle faster.All of this excitement takes a crew.Led by his fellow skydiving instructor Josh Kingrey and his wife, there's a crew of about 50 more friends and family who helped Bratcher with the record attempt."We currently have about 20 of us on the ground right now, and we have a number of about 30 to 35 people volunteering throughout the day, cycling in and out," Kingrey said. "So it's really a community effort."A community effort that Bratcher said he's thankful for. Bratcher will also be jumping for more than the chance to add his name to the history books.He started a GoFundMe to help offset the cost of the jumps and to buy 100 teddy bears to donate.With every jump, a teddy bear jumped with him. He will then donate the bears to the Elizabethtown Police Department for their annual "Shop with a Cop" charity event.The rest of the money raised will be donated to the Radcliff Disabled American Veterans organization. To donate to the GoFundMe account, click here.