The Roger Miller Story
King of the Road
A brilliant songwriter with a razor-sharp wit struggles
to come to terms with his painful past.
“KING OF THE ROAD is a revelation
with music in its heart and meat on its bones."
Riding a wave of success triggered by his mega-hits, “Dang Me” and “King of the Road,” a string of gold records and 11 Grammy Awards, wisecracking crossover country star and Tony Award-winning Broadway composer (BIG RIVER) Roger Miller is forced to face his demons, confront his self-destructive tendencies and accept love.
"KING OF THE ROAD weaves Roger Miller's most memorable songs through intimate and insightful, humorous and inspiring scenes to create a fully-realized theatre experience."
When Roger Miller was a superstar with a prime time television series on NBC, there were no such things as TMZ, Access Hollywood or Twitter. His fans didn't know anything about his private life. Stars didn't do Rehab. And divorces weren't public. KING OF THE ROAD tells the dramatic, at times gut-wrenching, humorous and inspiring untold story of this Hall of Fame songwriter’s journey on the rocky road to stardom and beyond.
Words & Music by Roger Miller . Book by Cort Casady & Mary Miller