Assassins

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.

• Joe MantelloDirector
• John WeidmanWriter

• Becky Ann BakerSara Jane Moore
• James BarbourLeon Czolgosz
• Mario CantoneSamuel Byck
• Michael CerverisJohn Wilkes Booth
• Mary Catherine GarrisonLynette "Squeaky" Fromme
• Alexander GemignaniJohn Hinckley Jr.
• Neil Patrick HarrisThe Balladeer / Lee Harvey Oswald
• Marc KudischThe Proprietor
• Jeffrey KuhnGiuseppe Zangara
• Denis O'HareCharles Guiteau
• James ClowJames Blaine / President Gerald Ford / Ensemble
• Merwin FoardPresident James Garfield / Ensemble