Join us for a special concert of this new musical in the Original Room of DON’T TELL MAMA CABARET THEATER, 343 W 46th St, NYC, TUESDAY, October 21 @ 9:30 p.m., https://shows.donttellmamanyc.com/

“The idea of this musical was inspired by the life of Alexsei Navalny, a man who gave his life fighting for Freedom and Democracy in Russia. Alexsei was found dead in a remote Russian prison in February 2024. This play deals with his “afterlife.”

Upon arriving in the afterlife, which at first looks like Heaven, walls come down once again imprisoning Alexsei. He is met by two guides, the ruthless Kostya and the Puck like Vadima, who give him the Quest to find out why it’s been so hard to establish Freedom and Democracy in Russia. If he completes the Quest he’ll move on in his spiritual development but if he fails not only will he remain in the small, dank cell for all eternity but the safety of his family back in the previous station couldn’t be assured.

Alexsei discovers the Myths that strongly influence the idea of Russia to this day and, along with the ruthless exercise of state power, have stood in the way of breaking the hold that Autocracy has had on the Russian psyche and soul.

“Alexsei Navalny represents the best that a man can be in this life, a truly inspiring human” conclude George Pfirrmann and Jamie Allen

The cast features Sean Seamus Thompson (First National Tour: Funny Girl; Broadway: Sunset Boulevard (2017); Jared Bybee (Metropolitan Opera and Dutch National Opera; appearances at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center); Autumn Hurlbert (Brodaway: Tammy Faye; Legally Blonde); Eric Michael Gillett (Broadway: Sweet Smell of Success); Yael Eden Chanukov (Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish at Folksbiene, dir., Joel Gray)