I MISS ASSASSINS!

[broadwaygiant19122]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 12:23am

I was burning the cast recording for somebody who had never heard it before..naturally, i was listening to a couple songs. IT just brings back one of the greatest nights of theater i've had. oy.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 12:28am

it was AMAZING..i agree.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 12:29am

Oh what a show this was. Such a jolly old time! July 15th, 2004 won't forget it. Thursday before the show closed and the cast was overall one of the kindest I ever encountered

[broadwaygiant19122]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 12:33am

I felt the exact same way... They all were exceptional, but having met Marc and Denis at several other stage doors.. I have grown to respect both them for more than just talent.

[timote316]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 12:40am

Last summer I discovered the cast recording. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never see the show, at least not in the immediate future. However, it was then announced the my college was producing it. I had to be in it!

Now, every show I had been in before, I had grown incredibly bored with and sick of the material by the time we opened. With Assassins, however, I kept finding new things to love, be it in the music or in the script. Amazing score, amazing book, amazing cast on both recordings... love it.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 12:56am

Marc was so faithful to the show and really repected it as a great work. At the chitty stagedoor, I asked him to sign it and help me complete my quest of getting all the autographs on the cd cause it came out after the show closed. Thus far I have Michael, Marc, Denis, and Jeffrey.
Anyway when I went up to him he whispered to me, with an annoyed look on his face "t h i s :points to cd: is better than t h i s :points to chitty stagedoor:" lol funny guy

[crzyrocket]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 1:14am

The revival was absolutely fantastic and should not have closed as fast as it did.

It was the first Sondheim show I saw live and made me realize how intense theatre can be. I'll never forget the gunshot going off for Kennedy and "Hail to the Chief" filling the absolute silence in the theatre as the Zapruder video played across Oswald's white T-shirt. Just wow.

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 2:06am

I agree. I miss it too. Studio 54 was simply the BEST choice for the show and Mr. Mantello was a perfect choice for director. The cast was top notch and tight, and we could tell how well they meshed from the audience. I realized I'm just rambling on how much I adored the revival, so I'll quit while I'm ahead.

[cabarethed]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 2:13am

I was just thinking this last night when Everybody's Got the Right came up on my shuffle. It's the only Sondheim show that I'm truly in love with.

[Attendthetale331]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 8:23am

Assassins is certainly one of the best shows written for the stage and there is nothing that can even compare to it. Probably one of the best productions in many years and in my opinion the best production of 2004.

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 8:31am

Oh man. What I wouldn't GIVE to be able to go back and see the revival onstage! I picked up the CD on a whim one day when I was looking for the cast recording of 'Anyone Can Whistle' that Barnes and Noble didn't have and it has hardly ever left my CD player since. And that was in April. Normally I get bored with cast recordings after a month of obsession or so but not this one. It is definitely one of my all-time favorite shows. I wish I had been able to see it onstage!

I'm making up for it by trying to see everyone who was a lead in it onstage in something else. I saw Sweet Charity and Sweeney Todd, so... 3 down! (I wore a shirt that said 'I am Going to the Lordy' when I saw Sweet Charity, by the way.)

[rainbow high]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 8:55am

I saw it on July 16th (matinee) & I was absolutely blown away. I went in knowing nothing except when I had seen at the Tony's & heard about it review-wise (which is why I chose to go) & hooooly cow, it is definitely one of the top performances I have ever seen. I did a Squeaky Fromme monologue & character analysis for a final last month, & I just keep getting more & more in love with this show. I'd love for it to open somewhere again, like Off-Broadway or something for a short period of time, then open in a year or so after. I know that's not normal for theatre, but I do feel that Assassins is one of those shows that people discover as they come across it, not like Wicked or something where there are lots of fans who have never seen the show before.

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 10:11am

I saw it the day before it closed. I had just gotten tickets the day before that and all that was left was the very last row (the barstools). It was just, incredible. Second greatest show I've seen (Sweeney is first).

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 10:17am

I too, seriously regret not seeing the show. Granted I was kind of young but after discovering the cast recording last summer I adore it! I propose they do a one-night performance of the revival so I can see it.

[sanda]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 10:39am

C for company:

Yes, I admire Marc as well. I met him at Chitty stage door and told him how much I enjoyed his work in Assassins. He's very happy that I mentioned it.

[ALWrules]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 11:10am

I didn't even get to see it, and now I'm worried I never will. It's such a good show too. It is at the very top of my WANT TO SEE!!! List

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 11:51am

Why did it have to close TWO WEEKS before I got to New York?!?! Oh well, I'm going to see a college production of it in April. I love both cast recordings, escpecially the Off-Broadway one.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 11:56am

I've never seen it live, and I would kill to. (Nyah ha ha.) The score is just so absolutely flawless, one of my all-time favorites.

And C is for Company - that story made me crack up. He's such a great guy.