The I Love Assassins Thread!

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 3:39pm

Does anyone here love this show as much as I do right now? The soundtrack is amazing. Denis O'Hare, you can practically see him grinning with every line he utters. Kudisch's voice is amazing, Kendra singing 'Something Just Broke, so moving! The whole cast/CD just blows me away everytime I listen to it. (Which has been all day everyday since I got it on Friday night!)

Anyone??? Updated On: 9/7/04 at 03:39 PM

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 3:46pm

I love the cast recording.

Posted: 9/7/04 at 3:48pm

Me too!!! Especially James Barbour--he has such an amazing voice!!

[Matt_G]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 3:55pm

yeah yeah yeah, whatever. Let's talk about Marc.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 4:06pm

Marc in the muscle tee spinning that wheel....

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 4:21pm

LittleFish, did you see the show?

[wally]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 4:24pm

I love Assassins, listen to the cast recording often.

I wanna hear about the touching too :) Spill it, Matt...

[Matt_G]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 4:32pm

WELL children, gather around while I tell thee a story.

Picture it. Manhattan. 2004. A young man goes to see ASSASSINS, knowing full well that his future husband is in it. He sits there, loving the show, but also waiting anxiously for it to end so he can have face time with this man. The show ends and he goes to the stage door. The entire cast comes out. While all very nice, they aren't what he's looking for. Suddenly, and without warning, the door opens again. And there he was. And he was a BIG man, too. The definition of the word "MAN". He signed for everyone. Finally he turned around and the one person he hadn't signed for stared at him with such lust, he thought his eyes would melt. The young man handed him a playbill and it was signed with a glorious signature. Timidly, he asked the star for a picture with him. He gave the camera to a girl and turned facing it. Suddenly, and without warning, he felt a big strong arm wrap around him. His knees went week and he had to hold himself up. He wanted to turn around and jump in the man's arms, but restrained himself. He looked up and smiled and was given a smile back. A smile he would never forget.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 4:33pm

Oh my God, that's what happened when I went to Assassins!

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 4:34pm

I need a hanky... it's too touching!

And yet, arousing at the same time.

[QueenMuppet]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 4:40pm

Ooooh, I have to say, Marc is such a BIG man...it's very exciting!

I LOVE Assassins... every singe cast member was wonderful. I'd even go that far and say it was probably the best ensemble I've ever seen. I LOVE ASSASSINS!!!

QM

Posted: 9/7/04 at 4:41pm

I dunno about that QueenMuppet... I love Assassins, but there were a few weak links... Not to name names or anything.

[QueenMuppet]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 5:03pm

It's my opinion anyway... It's not good enough to say that there were a few weak links and not mention any names. Tell us who they were and watch me defend them

QM

Posted: 9/7/04 at 5:04pm

uhh ok--Mary Catherine Garrison

[shira467]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 5:06pm

It's broadway erotica!

And I lo-o-o-ve Assassins. I love Marc and Neil and Dennis and Michael....will they sell this one on DVD? Sondheim, are you listening?

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 5:07pm

She was HYSTERICAL as Squeaky.

[jayem1968]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 5:15pm

Oh yeah Matt_G???

Well I got to sit only a few feet away from the Great Kudisch here in Los Angeles for A Little Night Music....and got to watch him run around in his undies.

Don't mess with MY future husband! :

[QueenMuppet]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 5:17pm

Ok, that's actually not a 'few weak links' but one (I want to have more names if you are refering to 'a few' ) but I thought she was great. She was hysterical and delivered her lines perfectly. Her voice could have been stronger but she ceertainly made up for it with her fantastci comic timing.

NEXT!

QM

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 5:49pm

I love Asassins.
That is all.

Oh yeah; NPH is awesome.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 5:51pm

I love ASSASSINS!!! It's such a great show!! I'm still very upset it closed!!

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 6:26pm

Assassins is great. I saw it the day before it closed and it was amazing.

[serendipity9]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 6:38pm

Okay, we've definately hit on my obsession...
I just think Assassins (especially this production) was so amazing (it has its share of issues but overall it's just incredible). The cast was so perfect (IMO) - I think Mary Catherine made up for the singing through her exceptional character.
And I was an aquantience of Joe Mantello's prior to Assassins, got to hang at a few Tech rehearsals and have to say that they are all very entertaining people... though for all those Marc lovers out there I don't have any funny stories about him. Sorry

[Pip]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 6:50pm

God I wish I lived in NY! I SO wanted to see Assassins...and now it's gone! Love the cast recording...consolation prize.

[serendipity9]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 7:01pm

Then Pip, maybe it's good that I didn't say how many times I ended up seeing the show...

[Pip]

Posted: 9/7/04 at 7:03pm

Ok, go ahead...rub it in.