Time: The present, October
Place: A suite on the top floor of an old New York apartment building
Show Data
Original Broadway Production Info: Opened .................. March 17, 1996 Closed .................. March 31, 1996 Ran .................... 17 Performances Theatre ............. Broadhurst Theatre Book ...................Stephen Sondheim ........................... George Furth Producers ................ Roger Berlind Director .................. Jack O'Brien Scene Designer ...... Douglas W. Schmidt Asst. Scene Designer . Benjamin Edelberg Costumes Designer .... Robert Wojewodski Lighting Designer ....... Kenneth Posner Asst. Lighting Designer .. Jeff Croiter ...................... Phillip Rosenberg Sound Designer ............. Jeff Ladman Asst. Sound Designer ........ Tony Tait Fight Designer ............ Steve Rankin Fight Captain ............ Michelle Hurd Special Effect Designer ... Gregory Meeh Special Effect Asst. ..... Nina Bradford Casting .............. Jay Binder C.S.A. Casting Assistant ......... Andrew Flatt General Manager ....... Marvin A. Krauss Company Manager .......... Kathleen Lowe Assoc. Company Manager .. L.A. Glassburn Production Stage Manager ...... Jeff Lee Stage Manager ........... Julie Baldauff Master Carpenter .............. Joe Sabo Production Carpenter ...... Larry Morley Master Electrician ..... Joe Pfifferling Production Electrician .. Steve Cochrane Prod. Sound Engineer ..... David Gotwald Prod. Property Master ... Michael Smanko Property Master ...... Neil S. Rosenberg Prod. Wardrobe Super. .... Alyce Gilbert Dressers ............ Bobby Sue Albrecht ........................ Edmund Harrison ....................... Dave Olin Rogers Hair Supervisor ......... Yolanda Ramsay Musical Numbers: 1. El Tiburon performed by Proyecto Uno 2. Shit List by L7, from "Hungry For Stink" album Original Broadway Cast: Martin Chisholm ........ John Rubinstein Dossie Lustig ...... Christine Erbersole Young Man ............. William Ragsdale Charmaine ................ Michelle Hurd Pamela Prideaux ........ Kandis Chappell Vassili Laimorgos .......... Josh Mostel Gregory Reed ............. Terrence Mann Dan Gerard ........... Frankie R. Faison Nam-Jun Vuong ................ Jodi Long Roberto .................... Al Espinosa Dr. Conrad Bering .......... Herb Foster Secondary performance rights handled by Dramatists Play Service Inc.
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“Assassins is about how society interprets the American Dream, marginalizes outsiders and rewrites and sanitizes its collective history. "Something Just Broke" is a major distraction and plays like an afterthought, shoe horned simply to appease. The song breaks the dramatic fluidity and obstructs the overall pacing and climactic arc which derails the very intent and momentum that makes this work so compelling...”
- Mark Bakalor
“I found [the Sondheim Celebration's Company] to be completely delightful. Almost all of the numbers excited and energized me, and most of the scenes were about as pitch-perfect as you can get. I just sat there with a big smile on my face the whole show.
Which is not to say that it is perfect...”
- popcornonmyknees
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