Paul Anka鈥檚 sights are set on Broadway.

The 83-year-old Ottawa-born singer says plans to adapt his life story into a stage musical are finally getting traction after years of work behind the scenes.

While he declined to delve into the details, he says the show would retrace his rise from teen pop idol to forays with the Rat Pack where he served as songwriter on Frank Sinatra鈥檚 鈥淢y Way鈥� before racking up his own solo hits, including 鈥淒iana.鈥�

Songs like those would punctuate the 鈥淛ersey Boys鈥�-style musical in which two actors would play Anka 鈥� as a teenager and an adult.

Anka first hinted at plans for a musical centred on his life more than 15 years ago, but he says Broadway has become a tougher business in recent years.

He will attend the Toronto International Film Festival with the documentary 鈥淧aul Anka: His Way,鈥� which makes its world premiere Tuesday with additional showings on Wednesday and Friday.

David Friend, The Canadian Press