The play covers the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning McAlary who was awarded "for his muckraking exposures of the New York police department shortly before he died of cancer aged 41".
The play covers the life of New York City tabloid columnist Mike McAlary who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for exposing police brutality against a Haitian immigrant named Abner Louima in Brooklyn's 70th precinct. McAlary won the Pulitzer shortly before he died of cancer at aged 41.