The well reviewed, NY Times Critic's Pick Baghdaddy (formerly known as, Who's Your Baghdaddy?) by Marshall Pailet and A.D. Penedo will return to NYC beginning April 6, opening on Monday, May 1, 2017 and have an initial run thrugh June 18, 2017 at St. Luke's Theatre (308 West 46th Street). Tickets are $39.50, $69.50, $99 (premium) and can be purchased by visiting telecharge.com or or by calling 212-239- 6200. For more information onBaghdaddy visit Baghdaddymusical.com.
A NY Times Critic Pick in its NYC non-profit run in the fall of 2015,
Baghdaddy returns to NYC at the St. Luke's Theater on April 6. The NY Times hailed
Baghdaddy as "an important, cunning rock solid musical comedy with a terrible title." The show begins in a church basement, where disgraced spies, along with the unwitting audience, gather for a support group meeting. The action soon shifts to Frankfurt Airport, where a mysterious Iraqi defector claims he built secret Iraqi bio-weapons labs. At CIA headquarters, our other characters are contending with their own ambitions, rash decisions, inflexible bosses, unrequited affections and unremitting boredom, when a fax arrives from Germany, and with it a golden opportunity. If the defector's story holds up, it will be the ticket out of the basement and into a corner office. It's all fun and games until the looming cataclysm changes everything.
Critic' shave raved about Baghdaddy, saying "
Hamilton may have the hype, but it's not the only show in town to leave you in astonishment.
Who's Your Baghdaddy? not only has a long-ass title. It has bad-ass style with a bad-ass cast that pulls off one of the most bad-ass musicals I've seen in a very long time." -
Manhattan Digest; "A hilarious, creative, clever, inspiring, fresh breath of air with a score that I would buy right now if I could. The show is as terrific as, dare I say it,
Hamilton." -
Times Square Chronicles; "A whip smart musical comedy that's sure to leave you laughing and thinking for days. Pailet and Penedo make this work is nothing short of brilliant, they harness musical comedy in an intelligent, creative, and witty way that makes this shocking, true story, palatable. This is not only impressive, it is deeply important." -
Theater is Easy; "Leaves the audience laughing, but - like all good satire - thinking as well." -
Voice of America; "This high-energy production is graced with a multi-talented, sophisticated humor and hilarious and audacious storytelling. Penedo and Pailet use comedy to remind us of a tragedy, and they do it brilliantly. Go see WHO'S YOUR BAGHDADDY? It is totally unique." ELJNYC.com; "Hilarious, creative, clever, and, dare I say, inspiring. " -
DC Theatre Scene; "If you wanna understand the final takeover of make believe over reality, you need to go see Who's Your Baghdaddy. It provides a reminder of what happens when your government wants to imbibe fantasy and fanaticism over empiricism and reason--while forcing you to laugh your arse off."- Crooks and Liars
Most of the original
Baghdaddy cast will be returning, including:
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:
Tuck Everlasting, Gypsy); Joe Joseph (Regional:
Kiss of the Spiderwoman);;
Claire Neumann (NYC:
Triassic Parq) and Larisa Oleynik (TV: "Mad Men," Nickelodeon's "The Secret World of Alex Mack" Film:
10 Things I Hate About You) and
Ethan Slater (SpongeBob in
SpongeBob Musical).
Baghdaddy is written by
Marshall Pailet and A.D. Penedo directed by
Marshall Pailet with musical direction by
Rona Siddiqui, orchestrations by
Charlie Rosenand choreography by
Misha Shields, based on a screenplay by J.T. Allen, creative team includes: Kaite Heavner (Set Design),
Jennifer Schriever(Lighting Design), Summer Lee Jack (Costume Design), Courteney Leggett(Production Stage Manager),
Daryl Eisenberg (Casting),
Edmund Gaynes(General Manager), Sean Springle (Company Manager). Baghdaddy is produced by
Charlie Fink and co-produced by Jan Brandt, Abigail E. Disneyand Tim Disney.
