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Based on Nikolai Erdman's 1928 play, for which he was sent as punishment by Stalin to a Siberian labor camp for 20 years, the musical follows a man who believes that suicide is his ticket to fame and glory and his friends' plot to exploit the man's death for their own personal gain.
Holmes will lead the cast, which, along with Hewitt and Hoffman, features Christine Bokhour, James Ludwig, Max Perlman, Lyn Philistine, Zachary Prince, and Gordon Stanley. Fred Lassen serves as musical director.