Assassins
A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins combines Sondheim's signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation's culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America's four successful and five would-be presidential assassins. Bold, original, disturbing, and alarmingly funny, Assassins is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written. 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.
Producer - Maureen Rogers
Director - Phillip Wong
Assistant Director - Michael V. Hartsfield
Musical Director - Mimi Kuhn McGinniss
PERFORMANCES:
Friday, April 3 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 4 @ 8pm
Friday, April 10 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 11 @ 8pm
Sunday, April 12 @ 2pm
(NO PERFORMANCES OF ASSASSINS ON APRIL 17, 18, 19. RESUMES APRIL 24! HOWEVER, CHECK WEBSITE FOR 2 BEATLE PERFORMANCES AND 1 JAZZ BANDS PERFORMANCE.)
Friday, April 24 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 25 @ 8pm
Friday, May 1 @ 8pm
Saturday, May 2 @ 8pm
Sunday, May 3 @ 2pm