Assassins

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Assassins is a darkly satirical musical by Stephen Sondheim that explores the lives and motivations of individuals who attempted to assassinate U.S. presidents.

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Assassins canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dark comedy
satirical work
stage musical
awarded Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
bookBy John Weidman
broadwayDebutTheatre Studio 54
broadwayDebutYear 2004
broadwayProducer Roundabout Theatre Company
composer Stephen Sondheim
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Charles J. Guiteau
surface form: Charles Guiteau

Giuseppe Zangara
John Hinckley Jr.
John Wilkes Booth
Leon Czolgosz
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
Samuel Byck
Sara Jane Moore
The Balladeer
The Proprietor
genre concept musical
musical theatre
language English
lyricist Stephen Sondheim
narrativeDevice carnival shooting gallery
notableSong Another National Anthem
Everybody's Got the Right
Something Just Broke
The Ballad of Booth
The Ballad of Guiteau
Unworthy of Your Love
portraysEvent Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
surface form: assassination of Abraham Lincoln

assassination of James A. Garfield
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
surface form: assassination of John F. Kennedy

assassination of William McKinley
premiereDate 1990-12-18
premiereLocation Off-Broadway
premiereTheatre Playwrights Horizons
setIn United States of America
surface form: United States
structure nonlinear narrative
subject American political violence
assassination attempts on U.S. presidents
disaffected individuals in U.S. history
theme alienation and marginalization
celebrity and notoriety
myth of American exceptionalism
pursuit of the American Dream
timeSpanDepicted 1865–1981

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Stephen Sondheim notableWork Assassins
Joe Mantello notableWork Assassins
Joe Mantello directed Assassins
Victor Garber notableWork Assassins
Denis O'Hare notableWork Assassins
Christopher Rouse edited Assassins
Michael Starobin notableWork Assassins