Assassins
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
James Barbour · Marc Kudisch · Becky Ann Baker · John Weidman · Mario Cantone · Jeffrey Kuhn · Alexander Gemignani · Neil Patrick Harris · Michael Cerveris · Joe Mantello · John Weidman · Denis O'Hare · Mary Catherine Garrison