Luigi Mangione is getting the Roxie Hart treatment.
The accused murderer will be the subject of a new musical set to premiere next month in San Francisco, titled Luigi: The Musical.
Also appearing as characters in the musical will be two of Mangione’s fellow inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center – Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried.
The play is already sold out for its entire run.
The premiere comes 99 years after Hart – a fictional character based on accused murderer Beulah Annan – made her Broadway debut in Chicago.
Annan, like Hart, was ultimately acquitted of murder.
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A synopsis of the musical, which is set to run at the Taylor Street Theater, suggests the work is more a reimagining of that beloved Broadway classic than an original idea.
“A wildly irreverent, razor-sharp comedy that imagines the true story of Luigi Mangione, the alleged corporate assassin turned accidental folk hero,” writes the theater company.
It goes on to say that Mangione “navigates friendship, justice, and the absurdity of viral fame” all with “his real-life cellmates … by his side.”
Chicago, meanwhile, is the story of Hart, who after killing her paramour must navigate friendship, justice and the absurdity of tabloid fame with her cellmates by her side.
Mangione is currently facing both state and federal charges after being accused of fatally shooting United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
He appeared in court on April 25 for his arraignment on those federal charges of murder and stalking, to which he entered a plea of not guilty. He previously pleaded not guilty to state murder charges, which accuse him of committing an act of terrorism.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has said that she intends to seek the death penalty should Mangione be convicted on those federal charges.
That trial is tentatively set to begin in December while previews of Luigi: The Musical will kick off on June 13.
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