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Photo Flash: WAITRESS's Sara Bareilles Stops by Off-Broadway's 'WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY?'

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The new musical by Marshall Pailet (Claudio Quest, Triassic Parq) and A.D. Penedo (The Three Times She Knocked), WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR, opened on October 4. Directed by Marshall Pailet with musical direction by Rona Siddiqui and choreography by Misha Shields, WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR is based on a screenplay by J.T. Allen and runs through November 22, 2015 at the Actors Temple Theater (339 W 47th St.). Broadway's WAITRESS songwriter Sara Bareilles stopped by to see the show, and you can check out a photo of her with the cast below!

Inspired by a true story, WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? is a new musical comedy, presented as a support group for people who started the Iraq War. Dark, boisterous and irreverent, the story follows a handful of mid-level spies whose vanity and office politics contributed to the worst intelligence blunder in modern history.

Cast includes: Brennan Caldwell (Regional: Urinetown. NBC's "The Sing-Off"); Jason Collins (National Tour: Annie; NYC: Signs of Life); Bob D'Haene (The Three Times She Knocked), Brandon Espinoza (Broadway: Gypsy, Big, Les Miserables); Olli Haaskivi (NYC: Saturday Night; Film: The Funeral Guest); Nehal Joshi (Broadway: Les Miserables, The Threepenny Opera); Claire Neumann (NYC: Triassic Parq). Larisa Oleynik (Nickelodeon's "The Secret World of Alex Mack" Film: 10 Things I Hate About You); Creative team includes: Bob Drogin (Creative Consultant), Nora Ives (Associate Director), Hope Villanueva (Production Stage Manager), Daryl Eisenberg (Casting)WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR is presented by Charlie Fink and Lee Seymour. This musical was funded by and produced through The New Musical Foundation.

Tickets are on sale at Telecharge.com and $47.50 ($15 during previews) or at whoisyourbaghdaddy.com.

Photo Flash: WAITRESS's Sara Bareilles Stops by Off-Broadway's 'WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY?' Image
WAITRESS's Sara Bareilles and the cast and crew of WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? OR HOW I STARTED THE IRAQ WAR

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