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Assassins
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- Book Synopsis
- A dark and funny look at the end of the American dream - Stephen Sondheim lifts musical theatre to new heights of brilliance. Dallas, November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald, panicking and alone, lifts a gun to his own head and prepares to die. Everyone who has tried to kill the President of the United States appears to help him change his mind. They may well succeed - these are men and women who will do anything to get famous. Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr. It first opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in December 1990.**xA0; Assassins opened in London at the Donmar Warehouse in October 1992, in a production directed by Sam Mendes. A 2004 Broadway production of the musical won five Tony Awards.
- About The Author
- Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) was a celebrated American composer and lyricist, one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre. Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987). He won many awards including eight Tony Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 2008), eight Grammy Awards, an Olivier Award, an Academy Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Author photo by Jerry Jackson
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781559360388
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group, (27 February 1992)
- Number of Pages
- 120
- Weight
- 183 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 214 x 137 x 9 mm
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