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...what of the show indefinitely erased from the New York horizon in the wake of two towering buildings erased from the skyline? Amongst all that has been lost due to the events of Sept. 11, it is easy to overlook Assassins. Yet the absence of this Sondheim musical merits special attention, not only because New York audiences have been deprived of an extraordinany piece of theater, but also because the principal reason for its cancelation is its subject matter...
...anthrax-attack plot in New York City. Microsoft indefinitely put off the next version of its popular Flight Simulator because it includes the Twin Towers in its simulacrum of New York City. Terror-themed movies were shelved by studios and pulled from cable. A Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Assassins was spiked for this season. Even advertisers yanked spots--including a Geico insurance ad with a piggy bank falling from the sky--and began questioning whether the irreverent tone of recent ads can survive darker times...
When asked about his influences, Lowdermilk names Jason Robert Brown and his off-Broadway musical Songs for a New World. Other influences have been William Finn, David Shire, Jonathan Larson, Stephen Sondheim and bad country music. “I truly believe in musical theatre and the shows that are coming out now allow us to see its future,” he says of his favorite medium. “And I’m in love with...
Unfortunately, the following nine weeks were filled with far too little theater, as my Washington schedule kept me busy and even caused me to miss a production at the Signature Theater of the Sondheim revue Putting it Together. I was able, though, to catch an outdoor production of King Lear that made me pray for rain—and when it didn’t come—forced me to the car at intermission, making the second show in my life, but also the second this summer, that I simply couldn’t endure past intermission. Mixing...
...don’t convey my effusive praise of Esparza to indicate the show itself was unspectacular. On the contrary, it is a beautiful piece full of hard-driving anthems of hope, which also features a witty commentary on yuppie life, infectious pop songs and an homage to Sondheim. Without being told the composer, one can recognize the voice that would later create RENT. The show, however, is more than an early work to be admired merely for its promise. Yes, it reminds of all the great musicals that Larson will never get a chance to write; but it also...