Assassins

WHEN YOU'VE GOT A GUN, EVERYBODY PAYS ATTENTION

A theatrical tour-de-force combining Sondheim's signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation's culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America's four successful and five would-be presidential assassins.

Reviews

 

By Larisa Mount
BroadwayWorld.com
April 18, 2014

Theater review: Sondheim’s 1990 ‘Assassins’ still frighteningly relevant
By Roy C. Dicks
The News & Observer
April 7, 2014

ASSASSINS Hits Target, Wins Prize at PlayMakers Repertory Company
By Kate Dobbs Ariail
The Five Points Star
April 7, 2014

“Assassins” Is a Wonderfully Uncomfortable Think-Piece
By Susie Potter
Triangle Arts & Entertainment
April 8, 2014

THROUGH 4/20: Sondheim and PRC Create a Carnival of Crime in Assassins
By Alan R. Hall
Classical Voice of North Carolina
April 5, 2014

NEWS

The State of Things with Frank Stasio
with director Mike Donahue and actress Julie Fishell
WUNC
April 4, 2014

PlayMakers Rep Will End Its Main-Stage Season with a Bang, with Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins”
By Robert W. McDowell
Triangle Arts & Entertainment
April 2, 2014

PlayMakers brings ‘Assassins’ to the stage
By Juanita Chavarro
The Daily Tar Heel
April 2, 2014

Broadway World
March 5, 2014

Artists

Danny Binstock
Actor
Jeffrey Blair Cornell
Actor
Jeffrey Meanza
Actor
Dede Corvinus
Actor
Gregory DeCandia
Actor
Gregory Kable
Actor
Jorge Donoso
Actor
Ray Dooley
Actor
Julie Fishell
Actor
Brandon Garegnani
Actor
Scott McCartney Gilliam
Actor
Nilan Johnson
Actor
Patrick McHugh
Actor
Joseph Medeiros
Actor
Newlin Parker
Actor
Maren Searle
Actor
Jessica Sorgi
Creative Team
Charles K. Bayang
Creative Team
Robert Dagit
Creative Team
Mark Hartman
Creative Team
Rachel Hauck
Creative Team
Anne Kennedy
Creative Team
David McClutchey
Creative Team
Charlie Morrison
Creative Team
Casey Sams
Creative Team
Sarah Smiley
Creative Team
Craig Turner
Creative Team
Terry Weber
Creative Team

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