Luigi Mangione musical immortalizing accused CEO killer to premiere on NYC stage
A ghoulish musical comedy immortalizing the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO gunman, Luigi Mangione, will premiere in New York City — the real-life setting of the shocking assassination — this summer.“Luigi: The Musical” will take the stage at The Green Room 42 in Midtown West on June 15 — a mere 20-minute subway ride from where Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside of a Hilton Hotel in December 2024.
The twisted “satirical” comedy provides a “bold, campy and unafraid” take on the accused assassin’s life in lockdown while on trial for the murder of the dad of two.It’s marketed as “a tale of love, murder, and hashbrowns,” a reference to Mangione scarfing down the McDonald’s menu item before his arrest in Pennsylvania.The show — which claims to “interrogate” rather than “glorify” violence — originally premiered in San Francisco in 2025 to sold-out crowds.The cast of the Big Apple premiere has not yet been announced.Representatives for “Luigi: The Musical” did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.“Luigi” is the brainchild of songwriter Arielle Johnson and director Nova Bradford, who said the idea came from an idea “scribbled on a napkin at the SF Eagle.”“Luigi: the Musical uses comedy to bring deeper questions to the surface,” Bradford said in a statement on the musical’s website.
“Why did this case garner the reaction that it did? And what happens when people stop trusting their institutions?” Bradford added.The musical features convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried and disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs as Mangione’s wacky jailhouse companions at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center.The trio navigates “friendship, justice, and the absurdity of viral fame” through a set of musical numbers — including “The Cheapest Room in Brooklyn” and the track “Bay Area Baby” sung by Bankman-Fried.
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