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Nov 14, 2021 · Nov. 14, 2021. Assassins. The one reliably blood-chilling moment in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s “Assassins” comes courtesy of a killer who is, at best, a footnote in American history:...
Sondheim.com - Putting it together since 1994. This musical, with a book by John Weidman, explores the history of presidential assassination in America, from John Wilkes Booth to John Hinckley, Jr. Assassins climaxes in a surreal sequence where the assassins convince Lee Harvey Oswald that his act is the only way he will connect -- with them ...
Oct 3, 2023 · The Stephen Sondheim musical tells a thought-provoking, jaw-dropping, and emotionally confusing story, as nine of America’s most ambitious individuals unite to discuss — and belt — what put them...
Nov 14, 2021 · Director John Doyle ’s electrifying staging of “ Assassins ,” Stephen Sondheim ’s macabre masterpiece about our national infatuation with fame and our appetite for violence, is a revival to die...
Sondheim Guide / Assassins. Top of Assassins. Last modified on Sunday, April 6, 2014. Compiled by Michael H. Hutchins. A guide to the work of Stephen Sondheim, including production information, publications, recordings, a complete song listing and more.
Nov 27, 2021 · It was evidence of Sondheim’s long-lasting popularity that, on the day of his death, audience members lined up to see revivals for two of his musicals: “Company,” a Broadway production starring...
Nov 26, 2021 · In Sondheim’s Assassins, cornball Americana can’t cover a seething mass of violent rage. A new revival from John Doyle lays bare the country’s dark fairground heart. By Constance Grady...
