ASSASSINS
STUDIO 54
Previews Began: March 31, 2004
Opening Night: April 22, 2004
Closing Night: July 18, 2004
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
Something Just Broke………………………………Ensemble
Everybody’s Got the Right (Reprise)………….Assassins
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Becky Ann Baker Sara Jane Moore
James Barbour Leon Czolgosz
Mario Cantone Samuel Byck
Michael Cerveris John Wilkes Booth
Mary Catherine Garrison Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme
Alexander Gemignani John Hinckley
Neil Patrick Harris Balladeer
Lee Harvey Oswald
Marc Kudisch Proprietor
Jeffrey Kuhn Giuseppe Zangara
Denis O’Hare Charles Guiteau
James Clow James Blaine
President Gerald Ford
Ensemble
Merwin Foard President James Garfield
Ensemble
Eamon Foley Billy
Ensemble
Kendra Kassebaum Ensemble
Anne L. Nathan Emma Goldman
Ensemble
Brandon Wardell David Herold
Ensemble
Swings: Ken Krugman, Chris Peluso, Sally Wilfert
REPLACEMENTS
John Schiappa Proprietor
6/15/04 – 7/18/04