Spotlights fan out behind Dylan Adler, arms wide and kilted in tartan, as he plays host Alan Cumming in the first production photos from Traitorz: The Unauthorized Musical Parody. The Off-Broadway show is in previews at St. Luke’s Theatre and opens November 13.
Jeremy Daniel photographed the production, which began performances on November 4. The pictures show the impressionist cast in costume for the first time: Becca Kötte as Jennifer Coolidge in a floral coat, Daniel Barrett as Liza Minnelli in red, and Jeffrey Omura as Jesus in a white robe. Sean McManus plays Patti LuPone, and Rachel Schur, last seen on Broadway as Roxie Hart in Chicago, plays Britney Spears. DeShawn Bowens and Cassidy Stoner are the standbys.
The show borrows the format of the reality competition The Traitors and recasts the contestants as celebrities, Ozzy Osbourne and Morgan Freeman among them. Audience members climb onstage at every performance to play along, and have to work out whether they are a Traitor or a Faithful. It is billed as an unauthorized parody, with no affiliation to NBCUniversal or to Out of the Box Theatrics.
Tim Murray, the comedian who appeared on the 2025 Tony Awards, wrote the book and lyrics and directs with Alan Kliffer. The music is by Ben Fankhauser, who was in Newsies on Broadway. Kyle Branzel is music director, arranger and orchestrator; Alex Hartman choreographs; and the design team is Riw Rakkulchon (sets), Kindall Almond (costumes and wigs), Zack Lobel (lighting) and Germán Martínez (sound). Rafaella Rosenberg produces.
We covered the show’s announcement in October, and the full cast a few weeks later.
St. Luke’s Theatre is at 308 West 46th Street. Tickets start at $39 on our Traitorz show page.
