January 26, 27, 28 @ 8pm; January 29 @ 2pm; February 2, 3, 4 @ 8pm; February 5 @ 2pm; February 9, 10, 11 @ 8pm; February 12 @ 2pm
Bold, original, and alarmingly funny.
A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins combines Sondheim's signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation's culture of celebrity and the incredible means some will use to obtain it. Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical "revusical". From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, writers, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.
The play follows the mindset of individuals throughout American history who assassinated or tried to kill the President of the United States, including John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leon Czolgosz, John Hinckley, Charles Guiteau, Giuseppe Zangara, Samuel Byck, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore.
Book by: John Weidman
Music and Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
Directed By: Josh Marx
Music Direction By: Jad Bernardo
$32 - $60.