‘Bull Durham,’ now a musical, comes back to where it all began. No lollygagging allowed.

Making “Bull Durham” into a musical may sound as crazy as turning “A Few Good Men” into an interpretive dance.

But fans of the greatest baseball movie ever made know the Bull City favorite already contains a dozen scenes ripe for the stage.

Consider:

▪ Annie and Crash dancing to “Sixty Minute Man” in a pair of kimonos;

▪ Max Patkin, the clown prince of baseball, jumping around in an ill-fitting uniform, his cap on sideways, to the tune of “Rock Around the Clock;”

▪ Nuke LaLoosh tearing up the dance floor like a “regular nuclear meltdown.”

So maybe, like breathing through eyelids or a garter belt worn backward, it could work.

However crazy, “Bull Durham, The Musical” will play at Duke University’s Reynolds Theater in September 2024.

And its organizers are already touting its potential.

Theatre Raleigh will perform the jazzed-up story of an aging minor-leaguer, Crash Davis, cursed with educating the cocky young prospect Nuke LaLoosh, who not only edges him toward retirement but vies for the romantic attention of Annie Savoy — the wise seductress who blends baseball fandom with Eastern wisdom.

Single-show seats are not yet available, but “Bull Durham” attendance can be guaranteed with a season subscription.

The film led to the revival not only of Durham’s minor league team but of its entire downtown, whose warehouses serve as the film’s backdrop along with a few shots sprinkled around the Triangle, including Nuke’s dance at Mitch’s Tavern in Raleigh.

“I’ve been cheering on the creation of ‘Bull Durham, The Musical’ from the stands for a while, so it was a no-brainer when the writers approached me with the opportunity to bring the show to the very place where it all began!” Lauren Kennedy Brady, Theatre Raleigh’s producing artistic director, said in a news release.

“Triangle audiences are going to experience the dynamic choreography, incredible music and the beloved story of Crash, Nuke and Annie all just a fly ball away from the Durham Bulls ballpark.”

Original “Bull Durham” director and writer Ron Shelton told the N&O in 2014, around the time he helped adapt the screenplay, that favorite scenes would get elaborate theatrical treatment.

For one, he said, “Annie ties up Nuke in the bedroom and it turns into a musical number.”

The music, however, “is very un-Broadway. It’s real roadhouse.”

But “Bull Durham, the Musical” didn’t make it far past its Atlanta debut.

The New York Times called it a “solid double” that added “no particular value” to its story. Variety called it “pleasurable but uneven” with some “scruffy charms.”

Its move to Broadway got ensnared in lawsuits and allegations of fraud among investors, according to Forbes.

So “Bull Durham” finds itself back in the town where its folklore began. And with a little luck, the theater’s concession stand will sell hot dogs.