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Assassins: The Broadway Cast Recording (CD)

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DISC 1 for Assassins: The Broadway Cast Recording (CD) Album By Original Broadway Cast
1   Everybody's Got The Right
2   Ballad Of Booth, The
3   Ladies And Gentlemen, A Toast!
4   How I Saved Roosevelt
5   What Does A Man Do...?
6   Gun Song
7   Ballad Of Czolgosz, The
8   Unworthy Of Your Love
9   I Am A Terrifying And Imposing Figure...!
10   Ballad Of Guiteau, The
11   Have It Your Way
12   Another National Anthem
13   Take A Look, Lee
14   Something Just Broke
15   Everybody's Got The Right
 

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Title Note

Composer/Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim.

Original Broadway Cast: James Barbour, Mario Cantone, Michael Cerveris, Mary Catherine Garrison, Neil Patrick Harris, Alexander Gemignani, Jeffrey Kuhn, Denis O'Hare, Mark Kudisch.

Recording information: The Hit Factory, New York, New York (06/07/2004).

Stephen Sondheim is not someone to shy away from difficult raw material on which to base a musical, and ASSASSINS stands as the high watermark of unlikely sources for Broadway shows. Wasting no time revealing its viciously satirical bite, the opening scene is a fairground with a carnival barker inviting potential customers to "C'mere and kill a president" in "Everybody's Got the Right." In fact, almost the entire cast of characters here attempted--and, in some cases, succeeded in--just that, from John Wilkes Booth (Lincoln) to John Hinkley (Reagan).

It is certainly a stretch to sympathize with this murderous, motley crew. But Sondheim's catchy melodies and pungent, punchy lyrics--some of which contain actual president and assassin quotes--coupled with a crack, committed cast, bring about the unlikely scenario of being entertained by killers. The CD includes a new song added for the 2004 revival ("Something Just Broke"), which fills in for the rest of America's reaction when the chilling news of an assassination arrives. This is a provocative, nearly heretical cast album with many stirring performances.

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