Orson Welles' "The War Of The Worlds" Poster, 2016 Abingdon Theatre Co. NYU

The event's cast featured Mario Cantone (Laugh Whore), David Greenspan (The Royal Family), Martin Moran (Spamalot), Stark Sands (Kinky Boots), and Michael Urie (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying), with additional company members and musical guest stars.

The story of Orson Welles' first radio presentation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
is described as having thrown "America into nationwide hysteria when
broadcast on the eve of Halloween, 1938," when, many listeners
"mistakenly took the show for a real news broadcast, and believed that
Martians were invading New York City."