Photo Flash: First Look at ASSASSINS at Manatee Performing Arts Center
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. The show is currently running at Manatee Performing Arts Center, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
The production is directed by Producing Artistic Director, Rick Kerby and music directed by William Coleman, featuring set design by Ken Mooney, lighting design by Joseph Oshry and stage management by Kristin Ribble.
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.
Cast features: Maxwell Bolton as Balladeer, Brian Chunn as John Wilkes Booth, Michelle Anaya as Sara Jane Moore, Sarah Cassidy as Lynette "Squeeky" Fromme, Alex Beach as Giuseppe Zangara, Rik Robertson as John Hinckley, Rodd Dyer as Charles J. Guiteau, Cory Woomert as Leon Czolgosz/President Ford, Michael Bajjaly as Samuel Byck, Jason Moore as Proprietor, Jordan Obbema as Emma Goldman, Catherine Burke, Kyle Ann Lacertosa, John Andruzzi, Eli Gilbert and Ricardo Campbell.
Tickets on sale now at ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com or by calling the Box Office at (941) 748-5875. Student and teacher discounts are available. All performances will be held at Manatee Performing Arts Center in Stone Hall Theater. Tickets range from $27 - $37 and are subject to change according to availability. Manatee Performing Arts Center is located at 502 Third Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 34205.
Michelle Anaya and Sarah Cassidy
Jordan Obbema, Kyle Ann Lacertosa, Catherine Burke, John Andruzzi and Eli Gilbert
Cast of Assassins
Jordan Obbema and Ricardo Campbell
Cast of Assassins
Brian Chunn and Maxwell C. Bolton
Brian Chunn, Rodd Dyer and Cory Woomert
Michelle Anaya and Sarah Cassidy
Michelle Anaya, Sarah Cassidy and Rodd Dyer
Maxwell C. Bolton and Brian Chunn
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