| Assassins Revised Edition Contributor(s): Sondheim, Stephen (Author), Weidman, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1559360380 ISBN-13: 9781559360388 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Musicals - Performing Arts | Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography - Poetry |
| Dewey: 782.140 |
| LCCN: 91014809 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (0.40 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Nothing quite prepares you for the disturbing brilliance of Assassins." -David Richards, The New York Times "Dark, demented humor, as horrifying as it is hilarious." -Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press "Intelligent and thrilling musical theatre. Dazzling in its originality." -Ken Mandelbaum, Theaterweek Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking achievements in musical theatre attain a new level of audacity and accomplishment in his latest creation, Assassins. Evoking a fraternity of Presidential assassins and would-be assassins across a hundred years of our history (including John Wilkes Booth, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, John Hinckley and Lee Harvey Oswald), he and collaborator John Weidman examine success, failure and the questionable drive for power and celebrity in American society. The result is an unusually imaginative and utterly idiosyncratic entertainment compounded equally of insight, pleasure, and provocation. Assassins is an important and permanent addition to the American stage. |