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Artful 'Assassins' at Signature; Sondheim musical confronts audience.(SHOW)(THEATER)
The Washington Times
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June 9, 2006
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Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Stephen Sondheim's musical "Assassins" elevates a group of misfits to the level of art in its stirring, often forlornly funny look at nine infamous American assassins who successfully and unsuccessfully tried to shoot a president.
At Signature Theatre, director Joe Calarco asks us, if not to embrace these anti-heroes of U.S. history, to at least consider that the assassins are part of society. This brash, confrontational production reflects some of America's most painfully violent moments back at the audience, ...
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