Assassins

Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by [John Weidman]? and was based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr. It uses a revue-like style to examine the men and women who have attempted and/or succeeded in assassinating a U.S. President.

"Assassins" opened off-Broadway? at Playwrights Horizons on January 27, 1991 and starred Victor Garber, Terrance Mann, Patrick Cassidy, Debra Monk, and Annie Golden. The musical was supposed to have its first Broadway production in 2001, but the show was indefinitely postponed after the events of September 11, 2001.

See also: assassin.