Assassins
A musical obsessed with spring-loaded Americana, and how fame and that most senior office of President are intrinsically interwoven, feels intensely prescient despite being written almost 30 years ago
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Why see Assassins?
Assassins returns!
What drives you to assassinate your President? Sondheim's 90s musical, Assassins, looks into the motives, passions and desperations of 9 Americans who attempted to assassinate the man in charge. Some failed, some succeeded but the main question is, why?
After opening off-Broadway in 1990, Sondheim's Assassins finally got the credit it was due in 2004 when it won 5 Tony Awards when it premiered on Broadway. Based off an idea by Charles Gilbert Jr, this dark and humorous musical review spans several musical genres and many decades in a dizzying whirl which finally comes to a halt with the most famous assassination of them all John F. Kennedy.
With hits like "Everybody's Got The Right" and "The Ballad of Booth" Assassins is back in London for a strictly limited three week run. The magic of Sondheim takes you on a rollercoaster through the dark, the bold and the hysterical, taking you into the minds of the people who made history by simply pulling the trigger.
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Customer reviews
1 reviews, average rating: (5.0 Stars)
Frankie Harris
Complexity and simplicity combine to create excellence
Assassins is a curiously emotional Sondheim,
one which combines a simple premise -
motivation - with complex comedy & precise
musical Americana. This production used a 2
sided set of flats that revolved, with a doorway,
each turn bringing with it a new perspective on
an old question - why? The performances were
excellent, the director’s simple touches brilliant
- Gerald Ford was so stupid he really couldn’t
fart & walk at the same time - and the masks
worked very well to convey each victim.
Reagan’s repeated posing for the next shot was
masterful. Thoroughly enjoyable 2 hours which
I would like to live through again & again. See
it!! ... Read more
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