The Game Boy at 54 Below

Dates: (10/18/2023 )

Theatre:

54 Below

254 W 54th St. Cellar, NYC 10019
New York,NY 10025

Phone: (646) 476-3551

Tickets: $30-$65

Sharone Sayegh & Danny J Rooney make their 54 Below writing debut with The Game Boy, a totally epic, 8-bit musical comedy featuring a cast of outrageous characters and a score full of super catchy 1980s-style jams.

The Game Boy follows the story of Omari, a Middle Eastern high school gamer who struggles to fit in with his all-American peers, and wishes he could be more like the majorly cool heroes behind the screen. When he stumbles upon a world-warping-wormhole in his school’s bathroom stall and gets flushed down the pipes, Omari finds himself in an 8-bit alternate universe having to face his real-world obstacles manifested as gnarly video game foes, in order to beat the game and save the Kingdom. Part “Super Mario,” part Spaceballs, part The Never Ending Story, The Game Boy taking musicals to the next level!

Featuring

Will Blum (Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon) as Boxer

Autumn Hurlbert (Something Rotten!, Legally Blonde) as The Princess

Jeigh Madjus (Here Lies Love, Moulin Rouge!) as Spakitu

Ahmad Maksoud (The Band’s Visit, The Visitor) as Lu

Jamen Nanthakumar (Monsoon Wedding, Fairycakes) as Omari

Sharone Sayegh (Come From Away, The Band’s Visit) as Didi

Music & lyrics by Danny J Rooney

Book by Danny J Rooney and Sharone Sayegh

Arrangements and music direction by Steven Jamail

Produced by Jen Sandler

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Cast

Sharone Sayegh

Didi

SHARONE SAYEGH most recently played Bonnie in Come From Away on Broadway, after playing the role on the 1st National Tour. Before that, she originated the role of Anna in The Band’s Visit on Broadway (OBC). Other Broadway: Mamma Mia!. Off Broadway: Mrs. Trumbauer in Road Show (City Center Encores), Anna in The Band's Visit (Atlantic Theater Co, World Premiere), Sharone in The Wildness (Ars Nova, World Premiere), and Scheherazade in Scheherazade (Prospect Theater Co). Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, The Muny, Florida Rep, San Jose Rep. TV: Instinct (CBS), Limitless (CBS). Syracuse University Alum, sharonesayegh.com @sharonesayegh

Autum Hurlbert

The Princess

Autumn Marie Hurlbert is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Hurlbert is best known as the runner-up on the reality competition series Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods. After taping the competition, Hurlbert served as a member of the Broadway cast in Legally Blonde: The Musical until its closing on Oct 19, 2008. She also understudied the parts of Elle and Margot on Broadway.Ultimately, Hurlbert did headline as Elle Woods in an October 2012 version of the production, directed by Denis Jones in North Carolina.

Will Blum

Boxer

Broadway: Torch Song, School of Rock, The Book of Mormon, Grease. National Tour: R+H's Cinderella, HAIR, Elf, Grease, Seussical. Regional: Harmony, Little Shop of Horrors, The 25th Annual... Spelling Bee, Jesus Christ Superstar, Floyd Collins. BFA, The Boston Conservatory

Jeigh Madjus

Spakitu

Jeigh made his Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge! Jeigh has worked internationally as a waiter, construction worker, ayurvedic spa receptionist, and performer. Here Lies Love (The Public/SRT), La Cage aux Folles (1st national). Film: Servitude. "Thanks to Alex, Justin, Sonya, John, and my family."

Ahmad Maksoud

Ahmad Maksoud is an Egyptian-American actor making his Broadway Debut in The Band's Visit! NYC Credits: The Band's Visit (Atlantic Theater Co.) We Live in Cairo (workshops at New York Theatre Workshop, NAMT Festival at New World Stages, O'Neill Center), This Time (Rising Circle), The Light Princess (New Victory Theater). Regional: Tear a Root from the Earth (Kennedy Center concert presentation), The Life Model (On the Boards, Seattle), Roller Disco, O.P.C. (American Repertory Theater), Arabian Nights (Central Square Theater), The Kite Runner (New Repertory Theater), and workshops at the Huntington Theater Company and the American Repertory Theater. TV: The Good Fight, Madam Secretary, The Blacklist. M.F.A. A.R.T. Institute at Harvard University. www.ahmadmaksoud.com.

Jamen Nanthakumar

Omari

Creative Team

Danny J Rooney

Book, Music, & Lyrics

Danny is the composer/lyricist and book co-writer for The Game Boy which recently won the "Metaverse Melodies" pitch contest at the 2023 Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, CA. He is also the composer/lyricist for A Smalltowne Christmas: A New Old-Fashioned (but original!) Musical which had it's premier production at the Macklanburg Playhouse in collaboration with Stephens College, and the composer/lyricist/book writer for GLUE: A Pony Tale which was a semi-finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Musical Theater Conference in 2023. His work has been produced in multiple industry readings and cabarets and was recently featured in Theatre Accelerator: New Realities Edition through Apples and Oranges Arts. Danny is a graduate of Syracuse University's Musical Theatre Department and now lives in Hells Kitchen in New York City. https://www.dannyrooney.com

Sharone Sayegh

Co-Writer

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