Assassins
10.0(1) 2004-04-22 109 minHistoryDrama
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.
DirectorJoe Mantello
WriterJohn Weidman
Cast & characters
Becky Ann Baker
as Sara Jane Moore
James Barbour
as Leon Czolgosz
Mario Cantone
as Samuel Byck
Michael Cerveris
as John Wilkes Booth
Mary Catherine Garrison
as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
Alexander Gemignani
as John Hinckley Jr.
Neil Patrick Harris
as The Balladeer / Lee Harvey Oswald
Marc Kudisch
as The Proprietor
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Jeffrey Kuhn
as Giuseppe Zangara
Denis O'Hare
as Charles Guiteau
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James Clow
as James Blaine / President Gerald Ford / Ensemble
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Merwin Foard
as President James Garfield / Ensemble
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Eamon Foley
as Billy / Ensemble
Kendra Kassebaum
as Ensemble
Anne L. Nathan
as Emma Goldman / Ensemble
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Brandon Wardell
as David Herold / Ensemble
