44—The Musical to Play the Daryl Roth Theatre This Fall

The musical comedy 44—The Musical will play the Daryl Roth Theatre for a limited eight-week engagement starting on October 14, with an official press opening scheduled for November 6.

44, written, composed, and directed by Eli Bauman (Maya & Marty), a former Obama campaign staffer, is a satirical look at 44th president Barack Obama’s presidency, as well as the eccentric political characters he met along the way. The music director is Anthony “Brew” Brewster and the choreographer is Miss James Alsop.

44 recently played a return engagement at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, where it became the highest-grossing show in Kirk Douglas Theatre history.

Update, September 15: 44 will star T.J. Wilkins as Barack Obama, Shanice As Michelle Obama, and Chad Dorek as Joe Biden. They are joined by Audri Bartholomew (u/s Voice of the People, Ted Cruz, and Michelle Obama), Larry Cedar (Mitch McConnell), Summer Collins (Sarah Palin), Wilkie Ferguson III ((u/s Brother Abe and Herman Cain), Summer Nicole Greer (Voice of the People, u/s Michelle Obama), Jenna Pastuszek (Hillary Clinton), Dino Shorté(Herman Cain), Chelsea Morgan Stock (u/s Clinton, Palin), Jeff Sumner (Lindsey Graham), Michael Uribes (Ted Cruz), and Ryan Williams (u/s Biden, McConnell, Graham, Cruz).