Our nation’s most notorious assassins gather on stage to violently pursue a twisted American Dream. April 29, 2026 – May 10, 2026 A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins combines Sondheim’s signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation’s culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America’s four successful and five would-be presidential assassins. Bold, original, disturbing and alarmingly funny, Assassins is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written. Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical “revusical” that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, writers, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.
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Cabaret for Scholarship Fund Raiser
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And Then There Were None
Manatee Performing Arts Center (4/9 - 4/19) | |
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The Pirate Ship and the Sea Monster & Other Winning Plays
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Primary Trust
Asolo Repertory Theatre (1/7 - 2/11) | |
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Assassins
The Sarasota Players (4/29 - 5/10) | |
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Fred Kletts Stand-Up Comedy
Manatee Performing Arts Center (2/7 - 2/7) | ||
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Once Upon a Mattress
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Swan Lake: International Ballet Stars in Melbourne, FL! On March 01, 2026
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