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...riddled with bits of American musical history, from the broad, open harmonies of folk to gospel’s ecstatic fervor. Even Sousa marches get their moments. In songs like “The Ballad of Booth” and (especially) “The Ballad of Czolgosz,” you could hear the country’s musical heritage talking to itself. “Assassins” is predicated on the idea that history can be made to converse with itself, and so a lot of the show’s success or failure depends...
...between voices and music, the only real weakness was during “How I Saved Roosevelt,” where not all of the supporting cast seemed quite up to the demands of the song. Otherwise, the quiet power of Dan O’Shea’s Czolgosz along with the comically scatterbrained delivery of Megan J. Gaffney ’02 in “The Gun Song” are more representative of the vocal versatility of the cast...
Each successive scene tells the story of another assassin in a similar way. The assassins' stories are fictitiously intertwined: Charles Guiteau, who eventually assassinated James Garfield; Leon Czolgosz, who killed William McKinley; Guiseppe Zangara, who attempted to assassinate Franklin D. Roosevelt; would-be Gerald Ford assassins Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore; Sam Byck, who plotted to kill Nixon; and John Hinckley, who shot Ronald Reagan. The time gap separating each of the assassinations (or attempted assassinations) is given no heed: placing these disparate events side by side allows them to interact in a kind of fantastic sphere that...
...some of the ideals and significant moments throughout United States history. Their over-the-top acts, however, draw attention to the thin line that seperates the pursuit of rights from the mad demands of insane men. Nuccio's Guiteau was so cheerful as to be alarming and Chazaro as Czolgosz sometimes assumed a glazed, obsessed look while describing the unfairness facing him in his job. The audience realizes that Byck has crossed the line into the realm of lunacy as he is observed recording tapes of his complaints to Leonard Bernstein, imploring him to write more love songs ("What...
...performers are powerful actors and singers and create convincing portraits of the assassins. Abe Sylvia's portrayal of Czolgosz is heart wrenching, Matt Walton (John Wilkes Booth) and Brian Mack (Zangara) are similarly captivating. Strong-voiced Jennifer Zimmerman makes a wonderfully comedian Sara Jane Moore...