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Assassins
2004, Apr 22
1h 49m
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.
Directed by
Joe Mantello
Written by
John Weidman
Neil Patrick Harris
The Balladeer / Lee Harvey Oswald
Denis O'Hare
Charles Guiteau
Becky Ann Baker
Sara Jane Moore
Michael Cerveris
John Wilkes Booth
Mario Cantone
Samuel Byck
Mary Catherine Garrison
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
Marc Kudisch
The Proprietor
Anne L. Nathan
Emma Goldman / Ensemble
Alexander Gemignani
John Hinckley Jr.
James Barbour
Leon Czolgosz
Kendra Kassebaum
Ensemble
Jeffrey Kuhn
Giuseppe Zangara
James Clow
James Blaine / President Gerald Ford / Ensemble
Merwin Foard
President James Garfield / Ensemble
Eamon Foley
Billy / Ensemble
Brandon Wardell
David Herold / Ensemble
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