Assassins
22/04/2024
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.
Movie Information
Marc Kudisch
as The Proprietor
James Barbour
as Leon Czolgosz
Alexander Gemignani
as John Hinckley Jr.
Denis O'Hare
as Charles Guiteau
Jeffrey Kuhn
as Giuseppe Zangara
Mario Cantone
as Samuel Byck
Mary Catherine Garrison
as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
Becky Ann Baker
as Sara Jane Moore
Michael Cerveris
as John Wilkes Booth
Neil Patrick Harris
as The Balladeer
Brandon Wardell
as David Herold
Anne L. Nathan
as Emma Goldman
James Clow
as James Blaine
Merwin Foard
as President James Garfield
Eamon Foley
as Billy
James Clow
as President Gerald Ford
Neil Patrick Harris
as Lee Harvey Oswald
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