‘SWEENEY TODD’ ACTOR NOW PERFORMS ‘MURDOCH: THE FINAL INTERVIEW’

• By Mabel Pais

MURDOCH: The Final Interview, a new American play, is being performed at Theater 555 (555 West 42nd Street – between 10th & 11th Aves).
The performance started on Friday, September 12. Opening Night is Sunday afternoon, September 28, 2025 at 3PM. The play is scheduled to run until Sunday, December 28, 2025.
This is a production of Masterworks Theater Company and Eric Krebs Theatrical Management. This is the World Premiere of the play by an unnamed source, performed by Jamie Jackson (Sweeney Todd) with direction by Christopher Scott.
“The script of ‘Murdoch; The Final Interview’ came to me in a very strange way,” says Mr. Krebs. “It was left at the door of Theater555 overnight in a plain manila envelope addressed to me. I looked inside and found a script with a note that said that the playwright wanted to remain anonymous, but that I was welcome to produce the play if I so desired. I thought immediately of “Deep Throat,” the mysterious incident that took place during the Nixon years. So, of course, I set to work reading the play, and discovered a marvelous jigsaw of a drama. And here we are…. I think the world of politics and of human nature will both be explored in a thrilling manner.”
Come and watch Planet Earth’s most controversial media magnate, Rupert Murdoch, face the cameras, a live audience and a mysterious interviewer as he attempts to secure his legacy.
Some questions: Who almost drowned him as a boy? What happened after he met JFK in the Oval Office? What are his honest feelings about marriage, truth and sacred cows? Can he survive the return of a bitter Roger Ailes?
Over ninety minutes Murdoch encounters family members, revisits Presidents, wrangles with newspaper editors, collides with “Fox News” creator, Roger Ailes, and finally, wrestles, literally, with an inscrutable monster. It’s the shocking, fair and balanced interview you’ve been waiting for, written by an unnamed source, brought to life by a single actor.
CAST
The cast for MURDOCH: The Final Interview is JAMIE JACKSON.

CREATIVE TEAM
The creative team is Peter R. Feuchwanger (set design), Joan Racho-Jansen (lighting design), Andy Evan Cohen (audio visuals), Josh Weidenbaum (sound design) and SoHee Youn (music composer). The production stage manager is Brian Westmoreland.
SCHEDULE
Tuesday – Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 3pm.
TICKETS
Tickets may be purchased in person at the Theater555 box office, one hour before curtain or online @ theater555.venuetix.com/showdetails/5RmDjz6VR6R7E2mj10X8/0UP2dDJH9Y80ZZv8y4Tq.
BIOGRAPHIES
JAMIE JACKSON (Performer)
Learn more at jamiejackson.com.
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT (Director)
Learn more at xscottnyc.com Insta: @Theatrebeast.
Masterworks Theater Company
Masterworks Theater Company (Christopher Scott Artistic Director) is a not for profit company that specializes in bringing new plays and musicals to the stage. It was founded in 2014.To date MTC has sponsored 23 new play readings and 3 fully staged productions.
Eric Krebs Theatrical Management
Eric Krebs Theatrical Management (Eric Krebs, General Manager) has been active in the off-Broadway world for almost 50 years, beginning with The Passion of Dracula at the Cherry Lane Theater in 1977.
THEATER555
Learn more at theater555.com.