Assassins
CREDIT: COURTESY OF JONO DAVIS / JTA
01/21/2023 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Cost: $30
CL RECOMMENDS
CL Critic Kevin C. Madigan Recommends: The nine individuals who assassinated — or attempted to assassinate — a president of the United States are profiled in what producers are calling a “revusical. Written by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, the one-act piece “bend(s) the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts.” The likes of John Wilkes Booth, Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme, John Hinckley and Lee Harvey Oswald are examined with “dark, demented humor, as horrifying as it is hilarious,” writes Michael Kuchwara of the Associated Press. According to Stage Agent’‘, Assassins spans several musical styles and many decades in a dizzying series of musical and theatrical inventions that culminate in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The orchestrations are by Michael Starobin. First produced off-Broadway in 1990, the work is based on an original concept by writer and educator Charles Gilbert Jr. — KCM
From the venue:
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” that explores the dark side of the American experience. 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 nightmarish 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.