Assassins 1989 - Articles Page 11

Ages: 13+
Opened: December 18, 1989
Closing: December 19, 1989

Assassins - 1989 - New York History , Info & More

Playwrights Horizons
416 West 42nd St.(between 9th & 10th Aves) New York, NY 10036

Based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.

The anachronistic show explores the lives of the nine presidential assassins and would-be assassins, weaving together fictional scenes where the characters interact among each other with real-life events.

Assassins - 1989 - New York Cast

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Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre Closes The Secret Garden July 3
by BWW News Desk - Jul 3, 2011


Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre will present the final performance of 'The Secret Garden' onJuly 3.

Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre Opens The Secret Garden 6/17-July 3
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 13, 2011


Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre opens its 39th season with "The Secret Garden" from June 17 - July 3.

Anne Kauffman to Direct MAPLE & VINE at Playwrights Horizons
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 2, 2011


Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is proud to announce the sixth and final production of its upcoming 2011/2012 Season. Completing the theater company's line-up is the New York premiere of MAPLE & VINE, a new play by Jordan Harrison (Doris to Darlene at Playwrights Horizons, Act a Lady, Amazons and Their Men), directed by Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman (The Thugs, Stunning, Naked Angels' This Wide Night, Mr. Harrison's Act a Lady).

George Lee Andrews Joins Sondheim Unplugged, 5/23
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2011


Sondheim Unplugged announces that Broadway Veteran GEORGE LEE ANDREWS, who created the role of Frid in A Little Night Music, has joined the company of our Monday, May 23 performance. Mr. Andrews is in the Guinness Book of World Records as 'the longest-running actor in the same Broadway show,' on behalf of his 23-year run in The Phantom of the Opera.

George Lee Andrews Joins Sondheim Unplugged, 5/23
by Kelsey Denette - May 20, 2011


Sondheim Unplugged announces that Broadway Veteran GEORGE LEE ANDREWS, who created the role of Frid in A Little Night Music, has joined the company of our Monday, May 23 performance. Mr. Andrews is in the Guinness Book of World Records as 'the longest-running actor in the same Broadway show,' on behalf of his 23-year run in The Phantom of the Opera.

Mann & Fulton Gear Up for MY FAIR LADY at Conn. Repertory Theatre this Summer
by Jessica Lewis - May 19, 2011


Writer Damon Runyon invented Broadway - and Broadway invented the American Musical! Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will open its 2011 Nutmeg Summer Series with the classic American musical, Guys and Dolls based on Runyon's comic tales of Broadway running June 2-12 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre (Lower Jorgensen).

Cincinnati Playhouse Presents THE PAVILLION, 5/19 - 6/12
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2011


The Tony award winning Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will close its Thompson Shelterhouse season with the The Pavilion by Craig Wright, which begins public previews on May 14 , opens on May 19 and continues through June 12.

Cincinnati Playhouse Presents THE PAVILLION, 5/19 - 6/12
by Caryn Robbins - May 17, 2011


The Tony award winning Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will close its Thompson Shelterhouse season with the The Pavilion by Craig Wright, which begins public previews on May 14 , opens on May 19 and continues through June 12.

Teri Ralston, Sarah Rice, et al. Set for SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED, 5/23
by Nicole Rosky - May 16, 2011


Following thirteen sold out shows, The Laurie Beechman Theatre will continue their hit series, SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED, for a fourteenth installment, Monday, May 23 at 7pm. Included in the cast are an array of Broadway and cabaret alums, including Eric Michael Gillett (The Frogs, Kiss Me, Kate, Sweet Smell of Success), Jana Robbins (Mazeppa in the 1989 revival of Gypsy), and Lucia Spina (B'way's Legally Blonde, South Pacific). We're also pleased to welcome three very special guests, each of whom created roles in Sondheim musicals: Crista Moore (Louise in the 1989 Broadway revival of Gypsy), Teri Ralson (Company's original Jenny and Mrs. Nordstrom in the original A Little Night Music) and Sarah Rice(Sweeney Todd's original Johanna). Recently, Sondheim Unplugged received the 2011 Bistro Award for Outstanding Cabaret Series, and was nominated for the 2011 MAC Award.

Signature Theatre Caps off 21st Season with Side by Side 4/26
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 14, 2011


The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre fittingly wraps up its 2011-2012 season by paying tribute to their "signature" composer Stephen Sondheim, with Side by Side by Sondheim, the renowned musical revue celebrating the early works of America's leading composer.

Playwrights Horizon Presents GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE, 4/12 - 5/1
by Caryn Robbins - Apr 12, 2011


The Playwrights Horizons World Premiere production of GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE, a new play by five-time Obie Award winner David Greenspan (author/performer of She Stoops to Comedy, performer in The Wax and director of Kate's Diary, all at PH; Coraline; Some Men; The Argument; The Myopia; The Boys in the Band) is set to open Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 PM at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater

HAVING IT ALL Extends At NoHo Arts Center Thru 5/29
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 6, 2011


David Elzer &Peter Schneider, producers of the smash-hit, award-winning productions of The Marvelous Wonderettes and Life Could Be A Dream, are thrilled to announce that their critically-acclaimed, smash-hit, Ovation Recommended, world premiere original musical, HAVING IT ALL, music by John Kavanaugh, book by David Goldsmith & Wendy Perelman, lyrics by David Goldsmith, conceived by Wendy Perelman, with musical direction by Greg Nabours and directed by Richard Israel is EXTENDING through Sunday, May 29 at the NoHo Arts Center, 11136 Magnolia Blvd. (at Lankershim) in North Hollywood.

Playwrights Horizons Announces 2011-12 Season!
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 24, 2011


Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is proud to announce the first five productions of its 2011/2012 Season. The World Premiere and four New York premieres will be presented at the theater company's home at 416 West 42nd Street. The five plays will be (in Season order):

Playwrights Horizons Presents KIN, Opens 3/21
by BWW News Desk - Mar 21, 2011


The Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) World Premiere production of KIN, a new play by Bathsheba Doran (Living Room in Africa, her adaptation of Great Expectations at The Lortel) will officially open On March 21.

NYTW/Playwrights Horizons Present THE SHAGGS: PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 14, 2011


Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Managing Director, Leslie Marcus) and New York Theatre Workshop (Artistic Director, James C. Nicola; Managing Director, William Russo) have announced complete casting and creative team for THE SHAGGS: PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD, a new musical with book by Joy Gregory; music by Gunnar Madsen; lyrics by Ms. Gregory and Mr. Madsen; and story by Ms. Gregory, Mr. Madsen and John Langs.

Playwright Horizons Introduces PLAYTIME!
by BWW News Desk - Feb 27, 2011


Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus; Managing Director) is pleased to announce the launch of PLAYTIME! at Playwrights Horizons, a brand new program offering affordable, professional childcare while you see a show.

Banes, Bogardus, Hopper And More Join GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 25, 2011


Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for the World Premiere of GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE, a new play by five-time Obie Award winner David Greenspan (author/performer of She Stoops to Comedy, performer in The Wax and director of Kate's Diary, all at PH; Coraline; Some Men; The Argument; The Myopia; The Boys in the Band).

Playwrights Horizons Presents KIN, Previews 2/25
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 31, 2011


Previews begin Friday, February 25 for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) World Premiere production of KIN, a new play by Bathsheba Doran (Living Room in Africa, her adaptation of Great Expectations at The Lortel).

Necessary Angel Presents Divisadero: A Performance
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 26, 2011


Necessary Angel Presents Divisadero: A Performance with text by Michael Ondaatje

Playwrights Horizons Presents A SMALL FIRE, Closes 1/23
by BWW News Desk - Jan 23, 2011


Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) presents the World Premiere of A SMALL FIRE, a new play by Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Drunken City at PH, The Receptionist, The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows). Directed by Trip Cullman (Adam Bock's The Drunken City at PH and Swimming in the Shallows, plus Bachelorette, Some Men, The Last Sunday in June, the recent Edgewise, Adam Rapp's upcoming The Hallway Trilogy) the production will close Sunday, January 23 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street).

Playwright Horizons Introduces PLAYTIME!
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 21, 2011


Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus; Managing Director) is pleased to announce the launch of PLAYTIME! at Playwrights Horizons, a brand new program offering affordable, professional childcare while you see a show.

Playwrights Horizons Presents A SMALL FIRE Thru 1/23
by BWW News Desk - Jan 9, 2011


Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) presents the World Premiere of A SMALL FIRE, a new play by Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Drunken City at PH, The Receptionist, The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows).

Goodman Theatre And Playwrights Horizons Partner For FAR FROM HEAVEN Musical?
by Charlie Piane - Jan 4, 2011


Playwrights Horizons announced in December that it had commissioned FAR FROM HEAVEN, a new musical with book by Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain), music by Tony Award nominee Scott Frankel (Grey Gardens) and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Michael Korie (Grey Gardens, The Grapes of Wrath).

Playwrights Horizons Presents A SMALL FIRE, Opens 1/6
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 29, 2010


Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) presents the World Premiere of A SMALL FIRE, a new play by Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Drunken City at PH, The Receptionist, The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows).

Signature Theatre Extends WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD Through 12/26
by BWW News Desk - Dec 26, 2010


Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre today announced that, due to popular demand, the world premiere comedy, starring Helen Hayes Award winners Sherri L. Edelen (Signature's Sweeney Todd and Les Miserables) and Nancy Robinette, written and directed by Helen Hayes Awardee Joe Calarco (Signature's Side Show and Assassins), will now run from October 26 through December 26, 2010.

Other Productions of Assassins

1989   New York Reading
New York
1990   Off-Broadway Original Off-Broadway Production
Off-Broadway
1992   Regional (US) Regional Revival
Regional (US)
1992   West End London Revival
West End
2001   Broadway Roundabout Revival [Cancelled]
Broadway
2004   Broadway Roundabout Revival
Broadway
West End London
West End
2017   Off-Broadway Encores! Off-Center Revival
Off-Broadway

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