Jack Ellis Michael Cantwell
Henry Goodman Paul Harrhy
Ciaran Hinds Kevin Walton
Louise Gold David Firth
Anthony Barclay Paul Bentley
Sue Kelvin Cathryn Bradshaw
Music and Lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Directed by Sam Mendes
Rated by Jorge: +++++
A Strange Subject
A
musical about the assassins responsible for the death of several American presidents,
might had seem an odd idea, but it worked. With a good book by John Weidman and
songs by Stephen
Sondheim, this is indeed
a dark musical. People may think this was a boring
and heavy play, but they couldn't have been more wrong. This is a powerful
and controversial show, that never looses it's
sense of humor.
A Perfect Cast
All the actors were so wonderful that was impossible to distinguished one of them. At the end ,the entire audience stood up and couldn't stop applauding them.
A Dark Score
Heard on a CD recorder this Sondheim score is one of his most difficult works, but live on stage it had an all new dimension that turns it into a great piece of musical composing. The numbers "Gun Song", "The Ballad of Guiteau" and "How I Saved Roosevelt" were absolutely fabulous.
A Director Named Sam Mendes
Being the artistic director of the restored London's Donmar Warehouse, Sam Mendes couldn't have choose a better way to opened the theatre. As a musical, "Assassins" didn't had any dance numbers but, thanks to Mendes brilliant direction, the show had a constant rhythm always grabbing our attention and enthusiasm.
