Theater Mar 2, 2016 at 4:00 am

Do Presidential Assassins Have a Right to Be Happy?

There has never been a better time to stage Assassins, the Sondheim musical about presidential shooters, delusions of grandeur, and the ugly side of the American dream.

Matt Baume
When John Wilkes Booth, noted theater actor, killed Abraham Lincoln, "he truly believed he was trying to save the country," the actor playing him points out. "It reminds me very much of 'Make America great again.'" David Wilson
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Kendra Kassebaum was in the Broadway revival of Assassins, not off-Broadway.
lovett1979 on March 7, 2016 at 9:42 AM Report this

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