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product_id: 4773717
title: "Assassins"
brand: "stephen sondheimjohn weidman"
price: "$1067"
currency: MXN
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reviews_count: 10
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# Assassins

**Brand:** stephen sondheimjohn weidman
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## Customer Reviews

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    Quasi-Documentary, in a Dark Musical Comedy
  

*by D***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2013*

The creators of the musical "1776" said succinctly, "God writes LOUSY theater".  This is a case where they have been proven wrong.  All that was needed was a book by John Weidman that twisted time into the depths of a carnival shooting gallery plus music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim to tie it all together into a neat little package called "Assassins".  An example regarding Guiseppe Zangara, who attempted to assassinate president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt:from Wikipedia:"Zangara, a poorly educated bricklayer, suffered severe pain in his abdomen, later attributed to adhesions of the gall bladder, possibly originating from an appendectomy performed in 1926. These adhesions were later cited as a cause for his increasing mental delusions. It became increasingly difficult for him to work due to both his physical and mental conditions."from the book of Assassins, Zangara is singing while strapped in the electric chair:  "Ever since then, because of them  I have the sickness in the stomach  Which is the way I make my idea  To go out and kill Roosevelt."Weidman and Sondheim definitely did their research homework.I highly recommend this book.  The worst that can happen is you might learn something while being entertained.

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    Wonderful dark comedy!!
  

*by J***O on Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 1999*

Being a Sonheim fan, I expected to like the music, and did.  You need to get the CD even if you don't like the script.  It stands on its own merits.  My favorite:  The Gun Song, a delightful little ballad about how easy it  is to shoot someone. "All you have to do is crook your little  finger."  The script is equally compelling, though I imagine the  subject matter may make it too controversial for many community theaters.  (I hope not, as I intend to suggest it for next season in our little  theater here.)  The play does not promote assassination, nor does it  present assassins in a good light.  Instead, it shows these historical  figures as what they are:  madmen, with all the weaknesses of other humans,  but somehow flawed in their logic.  Consider Charles Guiteau, who  assassinated President Garfield, in part to promote the sales of his book.  Superficially, as good a justification as any, but, let's face it, crazy as  a bedbug.  The writing is superb, and the action varies from the absolutely  hilarious scene between "Squeaky" Frome and Sarah Jane Moore, to  the powerful confrontation between John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald.  EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT!!!

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    Favorite Sondheim
  

*by S***T on Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2015*

My favorite Stephen Sondheim musical.  The Ballad of John Wilkes Booth taught me everything I need to know about lyrics, music, story.  Powerful, compelling, dark.  It is also fun to parody, sharpen your chops.  Johnny Football was a handsome fellow.... I love this song and my parodies.  Love Victor Garber's voice which I hear on the CD and throughout the libretto.

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