Assassins

Assassins

2024•1h 49m•10.0/10

HistoryDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

10.0/10(1)

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.

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Production

Roundabout Theatre Company

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Marc Kudisch

Marc Kudisch

The Proprietor

James Barbour

James Barbour

Leon Czolgosz

Alexander Gemignani

Alexander Gemignani

John Hinckley Jr.

Denis O'Hare

Denis O'Hare

Charles Guiteau

Jeffrey Kuhn

Giuseppe Zangara

Mario Cantone

Mario Cantone

Samuel Byck

Mary Catherine Garrison

Mary Catherine Garrison

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme

Becky Ann Baker

Becky Ann Baker

Sara Jane Moore

Michael Cerveris

Michael Cerveris

John Wilkes Booth

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

The Balladeer

Brandon Wardell

David Herold

Anne L. Nathan

Anne L. Nathan

Emma Goldman

James Clow

James Blaine

Merwin Foard

President James Garfield

Eamon Foley

Billy

James Clow

President Gerald Ford

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

Lee Harvey Oswald

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