Assassins (2004)
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.
- Date of release
- 2004-04-22
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Joe Mantello
Casting
- 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 Jr.
- Neil Patrick Harris — The Balladeer / Lee Harvey Oswald
- Marc Kudisch — The Proprietor
- Jeffrey Kuhn — Giuseppe Zangara
- Denis O'Hare — Charles Guiteau
- James Clow — James Blaine / President Gerald Ford / Ensemble
- Merwin Foard — President James Garfield / Ensemble
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