ASSASSINS
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Opening Night: December 18, 1990
Closing Night: February 16, 1991
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: John Weidman
An examination of the motivations of the men and women who have killed — or attempted to kill — United States Presidents throughout history. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley and others meet and interact in this revue-style musical.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Everybody’s Got the Right……….Proprietor, Assassins
The Ballad of Booth………………………..Balladeer, Booth
How I Saved Roosevelt……………..Proprietor, Zangara,
Ensemble
The Gun Song……….Czolgosz, Booth, Guiteau, Moore
The Ballad of Czolgosz……………..Balladeer, Ensemble
Unworthy of Your Love……………….Hinckley, Fromme
The Ballad of Guiteau…………………Guiteau, Balladeer
Another National Anthem…………Balladeer, Assassins
November 22, 1963……………………..Oswald, Assassins
Everybody’s Got the Right (Reprise)………….Assassins
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Jace Alexander Lee Harvey Oswald
Patrick Cassidy Balladeer
Joy Franz Bystander
Victor Garber John Wilkes Booth
Greg Germann John Hinckley
Annie Golden Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme
Lyn Greene Bystander
Emma Goldman
Jonathan Hadary Charles Guiteau
John Jellison Bartender
Bystander
James Blaine
Warden
Eddie Korbich Guiseppe Zangara
Terrence Mann Leon Czolgosz
Debra Monk Sara Jane Moore
Marcus Olson David Herold
Bystander
Hangman
William Parry Proprietor
Bystander
James Garfield
Gerald Ford
Michael Shulman Billy
Lee Wilkof Samuel Byck
Understudies: Ted Brunetti (Guiseppe Zangara/Bartender/Bystander/James Blaine/Warden/David Herold/Bystander/Hangman ), Joy Franz (Sara Jane Moore), Davis Gaines (Balladeer/Charles Guiteau), John Jellison (John Wilkes Booth/Proprietor/Bystander/James Garfield/Gerald Ford), Julia Kiley) Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme/Bystander/Emma Goldman), J.R. Nutt (Billy), Marcus Olson (John Hinckley/Lee Harvey Oswald), William Parry (Leon Czolgosz/Samuel Byck)
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