Assassins (2004)
This darkly satirical musical reframes American history through the eyes of those who attempted – successfully or not – to kill US presidents. Structured as a surreal carnival sideshow, the piece weaponises American musical traditions – vaudeville, folk ballads, barbershop quartets, patriotic Sousa-style marches and Bacharach pop – to undercut the myth of the “American Dream,” exposing how frustration, alienation and entitlement can curdle into violence.
Director: Joe Mantello
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Becky Ann Baker as Sara Jane Moore |
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James Barbour as Leon Czolgosz |
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Mario Cantone as Samuel Byck |
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Michael Cerveris as John Wilkes Booth |
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Mary Catherine Garrison as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme |
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Alexander Gemignani as John Hinckley Jr. |
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Neil Patrick Harris as The Balladeer / Lee Harvey Oswald |
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Marc Kudisch as The Proprietor |
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Jeffrey Kuhn as Giuseppe Zangara |
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Denis O'Hare as Charles Guiteau |
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James Clow as James Blaine / President Gerald Ford / Ensemble |
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Merwin Foard as President James Garfield / Ensemble |
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Eamon Foley as Billy / Ensemble |
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Kendra Kassebaum as Ensemble |
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Anne L. Nathan as Emma Goldman / Ensemble |
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Brandon Wardell as David Herold / Ensemble |
| Directing | Joe Mantello | Director |
| Sound | Paul Gemignani | Music Director |
| Directing | Jonathan Butterell | Stage Director |
| Art | Robert Brill | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Hilferty | Costume Design |
| Sound | Stephen Sondheim | Music |
| Writing | Stephen Sondheim | Lyricist |
| Writing | John Weidman | Book |
| Sound | Stephen Sondheim | Songs |
| Writing | Charles L. Gilbert, Jr. | Original Concept |
