Assassins (L to R) Sara Jane Moore (Kathleen Silverman), Leon Czolgosz (Ryan Peterson), John Hinckley (Kevin Ellis), Giusseppe Zangara (Auro Tosi) John Wilkes Booth (Chris Kerrigan) , Lee Harvey Oswald (Levi Gotsman), Samuel Byck (Michael German), Lynette Photo

From: BWW Review: ASSASSINS Musically Explores the Minds of Those Who Attempted to Assassinate the President of the United States

The great genius of contemporary musical theater, creator of Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods and Company, Stephen Sondheim leads audiences on a tuneful revue of presidential assassins and would-be killers from John Wilkes Booth to John Hinckley. The performance is guided by the Proprietor (brilliantly portrayed by Will Shure) who takes you through a most unusual musical history lesson in the form of a carnival game called "Shoot the Prez - Win a Prize" during which the sounds of each era accompany riveting portrayals of history's most impassioned and deranged. Thought-provoking and darkly delightful, ASSASSINS won five Tony Awards in its first revival on Broadway and remains one of the most controversial Broadway musicals ever written.