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Who Played John Wilkes Booth in Assassins

John Wilkes Booth is a role in Assassins, a musical that opened Regional (US) in 1992.

Based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.<p>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.

9 actors have played John Wilkes Booth in Assassins.

View full cast of Assassins

Performer Production Opened
Aaron Tveit West End Assassins 0
Micheal Xavier West End Assassins 0
Victor Garber Off-Broadway Assassins 1990
Buzz Mauro Regional (US) Assassins 1992
David Firth West End Assassins 1992
Douglas Sills Broadway Assassins 2001
James Clow Broadway Assassins 2004
Michael Cerveris Broadway Assassins 2004
Steven Pasquale Off-Broadway Assassins 2017

Other Roles in Assassins

Role Production Opened
Balladeer Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Boy Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Charles Guiteau Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Emma Goldman Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Ensemble Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Giuseppe Zangara Regional (US) Assassins 1992
John Hinckley Regional (US) Assassins 1992
John Wilkes Booth Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Lee Harvey Oswald Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Leon Czolgosz Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Proprietor Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Samuel Byck Regional (US) Assassins 1992
Sara Jane Moore Regional (US) Assassins 1992

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