Assassins
2024•1h 49m•10.0•Released
HistoryDrama
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.
Director
Joe Mantello
Languages
English
Studio
Roundabout Theatre Company
Cast
Marc Kudisch
The Proprietor
James Barbour
Leon Czolgosz
Alexander Gemignani
John Hinckley Jr.
Denis O'Hare
Charles Guiteau
Jeffrey Kuhn
Giuseppe Zangara
Mario Cantone
Samuel Byck
Mary Catherine Garrison
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
Becky Ann Baker
Sara Jane Moore
Michael Cerveris
John Wilkes Booth
Neil Patrick Harris
The Balladeer
Brandon Wardell
David Herold
Anne L. Nathan
Emma Goldman
James Clow
James Blaine
Merwin Foard
President James Garfield
Eamon Foley
Billy
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