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- An off-Broadway musical about NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been green lit for previews in the fall.
- 'A Turtle on a Fence Post' was written by a political consultant while he was in prison.
- The writer, Hank Morris, was prosecuted by Cuomo while he was NY attorney general.
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There aren't many opportunities for Andrew Cuomo and Alexander Hamilton to be mentioned in the same conversation, but both are now subjects of musicals.
An off-Broadway musical titled "A Turtle on a Fence Post" will debut for previews by late October in Manhattan, Variety reported on Thursday.
"The play is based on true events, but it's a fictionalized version of my journey and what happened to me and how it changed me," political consultant and newly minted playwright Hank Morris told Variety. "The principal antagonist in the play is a bullying governor named Andrew Cuomo."
By the end of next Monday at the stroke of midnight, Cuomo will no longer be governor following his resignation announcement amid a sexual harassment scandal.
Morris was prosecuted by Cuomo in 2010 over a pension fraud pay-to-play scheme.
While in prison, Morris began writing the musical. The script was written under the pseudonym "Prisoner #11RO731," according to Variety.
The setting of the play will be "in a comedy club and a correctional institution, while telling the story of the rise and fall of one of New York's most powerful men," according to the report.
"Political insiders knew the story, but the general public is going to be more open to hearing my story and hearing what he's capable of," Morris told Variety.
Morris was granted parole after serving over two years in a state correctional facility and 13 days in the infamous Rikers Island jail.
"The show has a universal message," the playwright told Variety. "To me the message is life's pretty good no matter how many twists and turns you experience and you should make the best of it. You're lucky to be here. The second message is that we all make our own prisons and we're the only ones who can set ourselves free."
Previews will begin on Oct. 26, with the full premiere set for Nov. 14.