When he was CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, Martin Shkreli inflated the price of a drug used during treatment for cancer and AIDS by 5,000 percent over night. Amidst the controversy, he was arrested on fraud charges, resigned from his position, and most recently faces a new conspiracy charge. Now, Martin Shkreli is the subject of a new musical, set to debut this summer in New York City, reports STAT.
“Martin Shkreli’s Game” will be about the infamous ex-CEO’s $2 million purchase of a Wu-Tang clan record “Once Upon A Time in Shaolin” in late 2015, according to the report. After news of the transaction, rumors circled that part of the purchasing contract permitted actor Bill Murray to steal the album back. The musical is based on this story.
“This show has Bill Murray teaming up with the Wu-Tang Clan in an epic battle against the most hated man in America,” according to the musical’s website. “Will Bill Murray succeed, or will he just end up another pawn in Martin Shkreli’s Game?”
The musical will focus more on the persona and psyche of Martin Shkreli, not his pharmaceutical business, the musical producers told STAT.
“As Martin Shkreli became more and more ubiquitous in the news, we just became more interested in exploring him as a character and felt that it was a story that needed to sing,” Lauren Gundrum, one of the producers, said.
Performances of “Martin Shkreli’s Game” will take place at the Midtown International Theater Festival this July.
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